Example sentences of "[pron] could [vb infin] be [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I could offer was a hatchback whose tyres puncture as soon as it catches sight of anything other than motorway . |
| 2 | Her touch became lighter until all I could feel was the heat radiating from her palms . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think I could stand being a nurse because I would get too involved , so I hope one day to join the fire brigade , ’ she said . |
| 4 | Since I only had $11 on me , all I could afford was a blow-job . |
| 5 | ‘ After all you 've done in the past for Rosemary and me , and are still doing , ’ he went on , ‘ I got to thinking yesterday that I could have been a sight more energetic in letting you know how delighted I am that you 're going to marry my cousin . |
| 6 | I could have been a cricketer — I had two uncles who captained the English counties years ago — but a photographer , no . |
| 7 | From behind I could have been a man with my hood up . |
| 8 | She said last night , ‘ I played steady golf and , although I could have been a bit sharper , I am not disappointed with my start . |
| 9 | Or I could have been a bit less awkward , and said , you just give me the positive one . |
| 10 | I could have been a set-up . |
| 11 | I could have been a model , I reckon , though at twenty five I suppose I 'm too old now . |
| 12 | Well you should have invited me round and I could have been the guy . |
| 13 | I could get all sorts of reasonable tones , but live or recorded I was n't hearing the sound of an AC30 ; all I could hear was the Power Tool 's solid state amp and the massive amount of EQ I was adding and taking away . |
| 14 | The only new thing I could add was the prison bit , and Mrs McDougall had not told the girls anything about the offence of which Ewen had been convicted . |
| 15 | ‘ The other avenue I could try is a bit of research into Puddephat 's wife . ’ |
| 16 | Murray 's new all-comers ' mark was one of six set on Saturday — along with Olympic champion Maksim Tarasov 's 5.81m pole vault , Jon Edwards 's 17.16m triple jump and Michael Johnson 's incredible 400m in 45.14 , which could have been a world record if he had not eased up . |
| 17 | If he turned and looked at her , she might have to give a straight reply , but to his narrow back , which could have been the back of a much younger man , she began to tease , in the way that she had learned so many of her new friends liked , when they made similar inquiries too , like the painter who 'd lain on her bed and asked her earnestly if she 'd ever experienced simultaneous orgasm , or the musician who 'd volunteered he 'd show her a ‘ perversion ’ he was sure nobody would have demonstrated to her before , and began nuzzling between her legs . |
| 18 | Any one of them could have been the girl he was looking for , with or without a bandage . |
| 19 | Not that Paige cared ; all she could feel was the pain in her ankle . |
| 20 | The nearest she could recall was the booming of the big 'gators in the Florida swamps where she had once been trained . |
| 21 | All she could recall was the feeling of rejection . |
| 22 | She could have been a dancer if she 'd taken lessons . |
| 23 | She could have been a kitchen maid for all we know and your children … |
| 24 | She was wearing no make-up ; she could have been a girl fresh from the country . |
| 25 | She could have been a stranger . |
| 26 | She swivelled round on her heel , and struck a pose with her left hip thrown sideways , and her cigarette hand extended in a rather classical way She could have been a model , people always said so . |
| 27 | The mask of helmet and balaclava beneath meant that all she could see were the man 's eyes and mouth — but his eyes shone a lustrous dark brown and his lips were fine sculpted . |
| 28 | He was wrapped in so much of the duvet all she could see was the top of his head . |
| 29 | She peered out through the hole but all she could see was the perimeter fence thirty yards away . |
| 30 | All she could hear was the sound of his footsteps on the fresh snow and the swish and bump of her bags as they scraped the alley walls . |