Example sentences of "i could [verb] be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When all I could reply were the two forlorn words , ‘ No English , ’ he asked me if I knew French . |
| 2 | ‘ I could have been the only Irishman to play for both Billy Bingham and Jack Charlton , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I mean that does have a lot of resonance for all of us. feel that erm I could have been the same person erm with lots of different changes to my body . |
| 4 | All I could see was the blue sky and miles of undulating grit scored by tyre-tracks . |
| 5 | At first all I could see was the hazy black outline of a jagged peak , little more than a shadow on the pallor of a dead calm sea , and then , as the air shimmered and danced and drew nearer , I could make out colours , mostly green . |
| 6 | I remember lying in bed and the only thing I could see was the dim glow of the light bulb on the ceiling . |