Example sentences of "[that] could [be] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would rather ring for a cab for you , or even give you a lift home , than have to deal with any attack that could be made on you on your lonely way home . |
| 2 | A sound of hideous pain and anger … and surely not a sound that could be made by anything human . |
| 3 | His aim is simple : to write a series of commentaries on the novels of Jane Austen which would say everything that could be said about them , from every conceivable angle : |
| 4 | High purpose was something that could be recognized in someone , like a gleam in the eye or a tone of voice ; it meant that even when that person dabbled in something doubtful , they undoubtedly had good reason for doing so . |
| 5 | Imagine the mayhem that could be caused to your ear-drums by amateur attempts at Nessun Dorma , made famous by Pavarotti . |
| 6 | Will he warn the British people of the damage that could be done to them and the danger to their way of life and democracy ? |
| 7 | She was clearly mentally disturbed , and the reason that I got in touch with the legal project was to see if there 's anything that could be done by them to start giving her some way of getting in touch , getting to solve her problem . |
| 8 | As Thomas Reid remarked , in a passage that could be mistaken for one by the twentieth-century Oxford philosopher J. L. Austin : |
| 9 | It was possible for the authorities to see him , at this level , as a figure of ‘ law and order ’ without a single criminal accusation that could be sustained against him . |
| 10 | I want you , but I have no intention of giving you a plain gold ring or any other ring that could be held against me as a pledge . |
| 11 | It was a bit perplexing the first time I heard the chant though , because of the other associations that could be drawn from it ! |
| 12 | Having transgressed these invisible , but powerful , boundaries , the Teds were fair game for anything that could be thrown at them . |
| 13 | Such control was obviously necessary if he were to develop within himself the capacity to enjoy the vastly increased range of pleasures that could be derived from his expanding emotions . |
| 14 | Shippers needed a document that could be issued by someone trustworthy in control of the shipping space and who was presumably aware of who shipped what . |
| 15 | Make a list of deficiencies that could be remedied by you . |
| 16 | She wanted to put no weapon into her mother-in-law 's hands that could be used against her . |
| 17 | At the moment , we have no way of knowing and , although the report is now public property , its contents during preparation and its final contents are determined entirely by those paying the bill — and they are the promoters who have every interest in avoiding drawing attention to anything that could be used against them when the Bill is debated publicly or scrutinised in the House on Second Reading , Report or in the Special Select Committee or the Standing Committee . |
| 18 | MANILA ( Reuter ) — President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines said yesterday that the body of Ferdinand Marcos still had a ‘ malignant power ’ that could be used by her opponents to seize power . |
| 19 | Hence the acceptance of professionalism did not set up a free market in football but bound players legally to one club and determined the maximum wage that could be paid to them . |
| 20 | An efficiently organised reception office should always have an up-to-date set of reference books in order to be able to answer the innumerable and varied questions that could be put to them by the guests . |
| 21 | And that answer fitted every question he was asked , as did his response to any poser that could be put to him ‘ thirty-five years ’ . |