Example sentences of "he could [be] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In his anxiety on finding out that he could be deprived of his commission , Scott had rushed into print , without properly considering the effect of his letter on others . |
| 2 | Request : Posing as a female post-grad English student , we wrote to ask Parliament 's Mr Fixit whether he could be questioned on his name and how it affected him . |
| 3 | After hearing the boy 's story of how he had been ‘ neglected and abused ’ by his mother Rachel , judge Thomas Kirk told him he could be adopted by his foster parents George and Lizabeth Russ . |
| 4 | Britain 's first world heavyweight champion in nearly 100 years he could be stripped of his title almost immediately . |
| 5 | He could pay off Newton from a fraction of Amaryllis 's dowry — he must see that Newton had no idea as to the real size of it — then he could be rid of him . |
| 6 | He could be apprenticed to his mother 's brother , surely . |
| 7 | If the legatee now failed to perform , he could be sued on his promise . |
| 8 | Until he could be restored to them , as Regent , they required an acting Regent . |
| 9 | ‘ By terms of his will , Lucas asked if he could be buried near his home , instead of in prison grounds . |
| 10 | The real problem lay in convincing her that he could be trusted with her secrets . |