Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] [verb] [be] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 She might rue the night for many reasons , but deep down she could never regret being part of something so beautiful .
2 What you could actually measure is delivery to your customer .
3 Rosa often went to the washplace with Sabina to help her and she was glad that she could pull her blue cotton dress out of the basket and slosh it into the water before anyone else could examine it for stains ; not that the stain spoke openly of its origins ; it could easily have been milk , thought Rosa .
4 It surprised me but it could easily have been tiredness from being out so long .
5 No donor 's name is even hinted at but it could easily have been Lance Henly .
6 It could also have been irritation .
7 It could well have been shingles .
8 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 .
9 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 !
10 Yes , it could still have been Tutilo who finished what Jerome had begun . ’
11 It could still have been Brampton ! ’
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