Example sentences of "he could be [verb] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course , ’ said Amiss helpfully , ‘ he could be pretending to be deaf and dumb . |
| 2 | One is led to the conclusion therefore that the husband should convey as beneficial owner ; he is very often conveying the former matrimonial home as part of an agreement whereby the wife releases her rights to further claims for capital , and as such he could be said to be receiving valuable consideration from her and it is established that a vendor selling under compulsion should stand in the same position as a contractual purchaser under an open contract ( see Re King [ 1962 ] 1 WLR 632 and Emmet on Title above ) . |
| 3 | Prost ( right ) is worried that he could be penalised for being involved in ostensibly innocent race clashes |
| 4 | ( S. ) 460 , which established that where a juvenile pleaded guilty to an offence for which he could be ordered to be detained under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , s.53(2) , it was open to the sentencer to impose a term of 12 months detention in a young offender institution , if he considered that apart from the plea of guilty a sentence of detention under section 53(2) would have been warranted . |
| 5 | ‘ I did n't tell Simon he could be going to be a father . |