Example sentences of "[pers pn] possibly [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was 5.30 in the morning and I tried to reason with Otto by saying how could I possibly be drunk at that time . |
| 2 | ‘ What could I possibly be missing ? |
| 3 | How could I possibly be a snob ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What could she possibly be having a hand in ? |
| 5 | You 're a famous author — the writer of The Graduate , for goodness sake , a book I love — how can you possibly be broke ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ What kind of mother could you possibly be when you 're working all day and out partying all night ? |
| 7 | Could we possibly be going to have a bridleway instead of a new cross-town route ? |
| 8 | But this causes problems from the hard-line positivist point of view : if ‘ definitions ’ can vary in terms of such nebulous things as subjective meanings , how can they possibly be counted and measured ? |
| 9 | These shapes — could they possibly be some crazed scientist 's idea of joke ‘ universes ’ ? |
| 10 | What could it possibly be ? |
| 11 | How can it possibly be construed as unreasonable that the US discuss and join in an internationally negotiated end to the occupation of Palestine and Lebanon as well as Kuwait ? |
| 12 | As this institution has now become purely a slanging match ( unfortunately the only time guaranteed to attract a full complement of Members ) , how can it possibly be taken as a serious part of governing the country . |
| 13 | Could it possibly be that his knowledge is power over you ? |
| 14 | The headline in the London Standard read ‘ The professor what do n't know nothing ’ , and the subheading expressed the exact opposite of the truth : ‘ Is correct English just a dialect or could it possibly be a useful tool for a youngster in search of a job ? |
| 15 | ‘ Can it possibly be young Mikhail ? |
| 16 | Could it possibly be the accountant Edward Morris ? |
| 17 | ( Indeed , is Christianity true : could it possibly be that one was raised from the dead ? ) |
| 18 | If an individual or the members of a firm may sue for a libel imputing to them insolvency , because of the damage which such a libel is calculated to do them in relation to their business , could it possibly be maintained that a trading corporation could not sue for a like libel ? … |
| 19 | Could it possibly be mere chance , I asked myself , that this manna from God knew where just happened to be my absolute favourites bar none ? |
| 20 | But if Betty began to weep Lydia would be , in humanity , bound to put her arm about her in consolation ; so she said earnestly that she was suddenly terribly hungry and could it possibly be time for lunch . |
| 21 | How could it possibly be Our Lady ! |
| 22 | How could it possibly be important ? |
| 23 | How could it possibly be ? " |
| 24 | Could it be — could it possibly be — that he had poisoned or drugged my wine ? |
| 25 | Can it possibly be that , while there is the situation in such a case , it is otherwise if the lessee has failed to get rid of the subterm until after a notice is served ? |
| 26 | Could it possibly be that she was missing something ? |
| 27 | Could it possibly be … ? |
| 28 | Can it possibly be an ‘ h ’ partially worn away ? |
| 29 | How can he possibly be still alive with that large hole in his back ? ’ |
| 30 | How could he possibly be associated with the excesses of such a raggle-taggle outfit ? |