Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] be the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , the only question she could frame was the simplest one of all : ‘ What have you done about this ? ’ |
| 2 | Derek looked at Charlotte as he sat down , but all she could manage was the faintest of smiles . |
| 3 | He could have been the finest brain surgeon England has ever seen … even blind he is a superb concert pianist … |
| 4 | He could have been the greatest horse in the country , he beat Hugo Simon and Gladstone by a couple of seconds when we won the World Cup in Amsterdam . |
| 5 | He could have been the best footballer in the world if he 'd have bothered turning up and stuff , ’ Gedge told Sounds . |