Example sentences of "[pers pn] could be [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 I could be days working my way to the front of that crowd .
2 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 .
3 Just if she 'll , you know , just if she could be friends with me still , you know , and that ?
4 You could be triplets . ’
5 You could be ages .
6 You could be miles away from the facility .
7 It really is very odd — why , you could be twins .
8 The two of you could be twins . ’
9 ‘ Perhaps we could be soldiers here .
10 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 .
11 I had hoped we could be friends .
12 ‘ You think we could be friends ?
13 They could be professional managers or they could be doctors or nurses .
14 They could be copies , but they look real enough .
15 It is possible they could be copies of a well known make called Valentino .
16 The logical objects might be components of the presentation structure of the document , such as section headings , or they could be objects that relate to the topic of the document , e.g. book titles that are referenced in the document , part numbers , or , in a document about programming , variable names .
17 The bugs you see at the water surface sound as though they could be Mites , which usually congregate between the surface and the cover glass .
18 They could be antibodies , or DNA ‘ probes ’ which bind to stretches of DNA that are unique to the target organisms .
19 She had always sensed the goodness in Sarah Byrne and for Paddy 's sake wished they could be friends .
20 Er , colleagues , before we turn to a period of , er , rule amendments and general motions , could I just advise congress that a pair of spectacles have been handed in er , Vision Express , look like , well they could be ladies or gents , multi-sexual these days , colleagues .
21 It has even been suggested that some coral reefs , which it will be recalled are mostly dead coral and debris , are being destroyed rather than built up : they could be relics of higher sea levels .
22 Well , they could be throwbacks to either parent . ’
23 This meant they could be midwives or nurses , but not doctors .
24 If only because they could be witnesses .
25 It could be others are keeping quiet about this , I do n't know .
26 I wondered whether it could be drugs — that a caddie perhaps had to be made privy to , because the golfer had to be topped up during the round .
27 But if their injury is n't considered serious , it could be hours before they 're actually seen and treated by a doctor .
28 We got the Gilbey bar but I no the answer to that question would be if any company or org organisation was prepared or wished to talk about funding the theatre in any way and I think were 'd be more than welcome to sit down with and talk them and say well how would you perceive that which way would you like to go about it how can we assist that and I think we 're be open to suggestions from them how they see it I mean you know it could be seats it could be programmes it could be any any arrange of things that we 'd certainly welcome who approach us from companies but we I think we are pro-active in sense that we do n't wait for that to happen we actually go out but was said early I think given the recession it has been difficult lately to actually go out to companies and say I mean sure companies like the Harlow Council find it extremely finance the finances extremely difficult on them and with the recession it 's really difficult for them to actually find funding and I know lot 's of companies who actually cutting back on it certain areas I think funding of oth outside organisations will be one of the areas they 'll be cutting back on .
29 We got the Gilbey bar but I no the answer to that question would be if any company or org organisation was prepared or wished to talk about funding the theatre in any way and I think were 'd be more than welcome to sit down with and talk them and say well how would you perceive that which way would you like to go about it how can we assist that and I think we 're be open to suggestions from them how they see it I mean you know it could be seats it could be programmes it could be any any arrange of things that we 'd certainly welcome who approach us from companies but we I think we are pro-active in sense that we do n't wait for that to happen we actually go out but was said early I think given the recession it has been difficult lately to actually go out to companies and say I mean sure companies like the Harlow Council find it extremely finance the finances extremely difficult on them and with the recession it 's really difficult for them to actually find funding and I know lot 's of companies who actually cutting back on it certain areas I think funding of oth outside organisations will be one of the areas they 'll be cutting back on .
30 It could be years before overall trends are established . ’
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