Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] [verb] [be] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was thanks to them that he learned that the hunt was on for a leak on the Washington embassy wartime staff which could only have been Maclean . |
| 2 | Fitzgerald was fascinated by the director type and in his story ‘ Mightier than the sword ’ he offered a portrait of a man who could well have been King Vidor : |
| 3 | Fifteen minutes later , a woman , who could only have been Sara , found the door unbarred . |
| 4 | Had Norwich not defeated Notts County in the fifth round that afternoon , it could well have been Mr Stringer 's first and last address to the nation 's footballing public . |
| 5 | And whilst it was never , it could never have been God 's will for Naomi to backslide with Elimelech her husband , and to go into Moab out of the mess that they make of their life , out of the mistakes that they , they perpetrate again and again , God somehow in his graciousness , in his mercy brings goodness from it ! |
| 6 | Yes , it could still have been Tutilo who finished what Jerome had begun . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It could still have been Brampton ! ’ |