Example sentences of "he could [verb] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could have been the finest brain surgeon England has ever seen … even blind he is a superb concert pianist … |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He could have been the best footballer in the world if he 'd have bothered turning up and stuff , ’ Gedge told Sounds . |
| 4 | The bear went over the mountain , the mountain , the mountain , the bear went over the mountain to see what he could see , it all that he could see is the other side of the mountain all that he could see is the other side of the mountain , the bear went over the mountain |
| 5 | The bear went over the mountain , the mountain , the mountain , the bear went over the mountain to see what he could see , it all that he could see is the other side of the mountain all that he could see is the other side of the mountain , the bear went over the mountain |
| 6 | Bodie glanced up , but all he could see were the same madly flickering lines , and slowly moving blips . |
| 7 | to see what he could see , and all that he could see and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain , the other side of the mountain |
| 8 | and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain the other side of the mountain |
| 9 | The bear went over the mountain the bear went over the mountain , the bear went over the mountain , to see what he could see , and all that he could see , and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain , the other side of the mountain the other side of the mountain was all that he could see |
| 10 | The bear went over the mountain , the bear went over the mountain , the bear went over the mountain , to see what he could see and all that he could see , and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain , the other side of the mountain the other side of the mountain , was all that he could see |
| 11 | The bear went over the mountain , the bear went over the mountain , oh grizzly , the bear went over the mountain , stop , to see what he could see and all that he could see , and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain , the other side of the mountain the other side of the mountain , was all that he could see |
| 12 | The bear went over the mountain , the bear went over the mountain , the bear went over the mountain , to see what he could see , and stop , and all that he could see , and all that he could see was the other side of the mountain , the other side of the mountain the other side of the mountain , was all that he could see |
| 13 | For a moment all he could see was the great wall of surf , dark at its roots like a dyed blonde . |
| 14 | He thrust the curtains wider , pressed his face to the glass but still all he could see was the white material flapping backwards and forwards in the wind . |
| 15 | The sound of his parents ' calls were muffled and then grew distant and all he could hear was the rough footfall of the man on the rocks and scree and the sound of his breathing … |