Example sentences of "[pron] could not be [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she could n't be Peter she was quite prepared , once she 'd mastered the technicalities , to hide behind a reflection . |
| 2 | The political élite regarded the situation after December 1848 as one which would be finite , destined to end in 1852 with the election of a new President , who could not be Louis-Napoleon since the Constitution precluded a second term . |
| 3 | You could n't be Bambi all the time , not on the borders of the subconscious . |
| 4 | She knew at once it could not be Ruth . |
| 5 | ‘ I knew it could not be Wednesday , it is Faith Lavender who comes on Wednesdays . |
| 6 | It could n't be Emma , could it , with some ghastly news about Cindy Hill slitting her wrists or something ? |
| 7 | It could n't be Dr Kent ; she hardly knew him , she 'd only spoken to him three times , and then briefly . |
| 8 | Surely it could n't be Jake ? she thought in startled panic . |
| 9 | It was n't the van arriving for he would have heard the engine , and it could n't be Joe Maitland . |