Example sentences of "[pron] could [be] [adv] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | but he talks as if he , he was born in that country , I mean I could be really patriotic to Wales |
| 2 | By this time , politicians had realised that organised labour represented a bloc of votes , which could be very valuable to candidates . |
| 3 | Nothing could be more provocative to Tolkien than a word without a referent ( emnet , wodwos , Gandálfr , ent ) , except perhaps an ancient poem written off by modern scholars as hopelessly irrational . |
| 4 | They wore no uniform , of course , but maintained a corps of stewards who could be exceedingly rough to anyone who dared to voice dissent at one of Carolan 's meetings . |
| 5 | She knew vaguely there was a wonderful person everyone was talking about , but who could be more wonderful to a wide-eyed seven year old than the sight of their own father guarding a flag with gold tassels ? |
| 6 | I think we could be more sensitive to those people who worship , for one reason or another , worship on their own . |
| 7 | Police warn that there could be more waiting to be opened tonight or still in the post . |
| 8 | Sometimes you see someone painting a door or something and get that little bit done there and then they step back to make sure they have n't missed something cos they could be it could be so obvious to anyone who 's just standing , What 's he doing there he 's left a big piece in the corner there that |
| 9 | ‘ It could be very useful to be able to negotiate a discount for cash if you are buying luxury items like a fur coat or an expensive piece of jewellery , ’ was the reaction from Patrick Hastings , a City employee who clearly has his mind on women . |
| 10 | Charlie had no idea he could be so alert to the slightest unfamiliar sound . |
| 11 | She had a respect for people who knew their subject , and she was here to discover Aurae Phiala ; he could be very useful to her . |
| 12 | He could be very kind to another performer . |
| 13 | What could be more debilitating to the young , what harder to bear with constancy , than being shut into a narrow stone cell , under lock and key , with only a narrow cot , a tiny reading desk and a crucifix on the wall for company , and the length of half a dozen stone flags for exercise ? |