Example sentences of "[pers pn] could be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember thinking that if Andy Norman believed I could be Europe 's top sprinter , if he had such faith in me , well then maybe I could . |
| 2 | Perhaps I could be Eric 's stunt man , standing in when he turns on the flash dangerous stuff that terrifies the defenders in his wake and makes them have a go like David Burrows did . |
| 3 | I know if I said I was n't keen on someone , I could be 90% sure that Clare would agree . |
| 4 | ‘ Nick , ’ he continued with a tone of wry honesty in his voice , ‘ there are some mighty clever people who say I could be President of the United States three years from now , but what no one seems to realise is that I do n't care about that . |
| 5 | I could be days working my way to the front of that crowd . |
| 6 | I could be captain , sir . |
| 7 | There are a lot of barriers that exist between people and training some of them could be things like they do n't have access to child care it could be they lack confidence so we go for support and we can offer training which is local we can offer language support . |
| 8 | One of them could be Swindon 's own Duncan Shearer , who 's been scoring goals this season as though they were going out of fashion . |
| 9 | Just if she 'll , you know , just if she could be friends with me still , you know , and that ? |
| 10 | Sometimes she was fiery , or she could be ice cool : qualities that intrigued the male in Angus , although they disturbed the businessman . |
| 11 | I 'm sure that Ruth searches her heart , she , she may of made her decision lightly way back to go with Ruth er , to go with Naomi but not now , its a heart searching decision she makes , the choice before her , do I go back or do I go , do I go on , do I go back to Moah with its familiarity with all the things I am aware of or do I go on into the unknown with my mother in law and with her god Auper makes a choice and she goes back and Ruth had , Ruth says no and she makes the commitment and she says there , in verse sixteen , do not urge me to leave you or turn back from following you , for where you go I will go and where you lodge , I will lodge , your people should be my people and your god my god and its those last few words that makes all the difference , your god will be my god , I will not be a stranger there , I will not be an alien there , I will be part of your people , and the only way she could be part of Naomi 's people was for Naomi 's god to be her god , that was the thing that kept , that was , that was the common denominated should all of Naomi 's people , because they all belonged |
| 12 | You could be part of the big day . |
| 13 | ‘ You could be triplets . ’ |
| 14 | You could be dance ! |
| 15 | ‘ But if they were both dead — the King and the Duke — then you could be King and marry your Princess , and I could be rich , and have the woman I want . ’ |
| 16 | 'You look like you could be part-Apache. ’ 'No , I 'm mostly Lithuanian . ’ |
| 17 | so you could be self employed , you could be employed , you could be |
| 18 | You could be ages . |
| 19 | You could be lot a lot different to the group . |
| 20 | You could be emperor of the universe by now , were it not for your habit of turning your hypercritical gaze inward instead of using it to devastate others . |
| 21 | You could be miles away from the facility . |
| 22 | You could be James Bond , he thought , but if something had your number on it … |
| 23 | It really is very odd — why , you could be twins . |
| 24 | The two of you could be twins . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps we could be soldiers here . |
| 26 | He wants a girl friend and I want a boy friend , and as I like him ( or at least what I know of him ) and I think he likes me , I think it would be good for both of us if we could be friends . |
| 27 | I had hoped we could be friends . |
| 28 | ‘ You think we could be friends ? |
| 29 | Next week we could be warning , exposing , or revealing the truth about anything from holidays to your spring bulbs . |
| 30 | The rough passage from Scrabster was a small price to pay and three hours after leaving home , we could be fishing , or stalking the wild cliffs . |