Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I left here , telling myself I could n't be lady Anne 's companion 'cos I could n't leave mama on her own . |
| 2 | The cycle chain came off twice on the three miles back to the van , but I could n't be cross . |
| 3 | Team one they want to put out more in the first division and , I could not be party to that team one and it was an atrocity to use such terminology . |
| 4 | My goodness , if I could only be God for a short time-even half a day ! — then I 'd be content to be St Peter for ever after ! " |
| 5 | ‘ I could hardly be Fairy Godmother , ’ joked Gayle . |
| 6 | When she could just be Lily Greene , on holiday in Paris . |
| 7 | If she could n't be Peter she was quite prepared , once she 'd mastered the technicalities , to hide behind a reflection . |
| 8 | On the statement emphasising that she could still be Queen , he said : ‘ The situation is very volatile . |
| 9 | I do n't see how she could ever be Queen . |
| 10 | It does take time to become familiar with all the features of the ORIGINAL shaping section but , with patience and practice , you could soon be knee deep in patterns for a whole variety of made to measure designer garments ! |
| 11 | Er , I just think yo er , you know , you could n't be bit for that . |
| 12 | So you could n't be bit for that . |
| 13 | You could n't be Bambi all the time , not on the borders of the subconscious . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I 'm sorry too , we could have made a good team , in business at least , though I realize we could never be friends or anything of that sort , but I 'm convinced it could have worked . |
| 15 | they were n't , they were n't gentlemen so they could n't be er they could n't be officers . |
| 16 | ‘ They could also be drug-runners who do n't care for strangers . |
| 17 | She says even if they look angelic , they could still be thieves . |
| 18 | Oh no , I mean the these were clients and they could never be friends after doing that I 've come to the conclusion you can either keep your money or you can keep your friends , but you 're not going to do both . |
| 19 | Twenty million of them dispossessed , twenty million told they now lived in a foreign country and they could never be Germans again , for ever more . |
| 20 | ‘ It could also be bollocks , could n't it ? ’ |
| 21 | Uu ; but it could also be AABBCC … |
| 22 | ( It could also be theft , where there is no need for the disposal to be for the benefit of another . ) |
| 23 | It could not be Pen , whose voice these days in all its guises was strong and most unchildlike . |
| 24 | She knew at once it could not be Ruth . |
| 25 | ‘ I knew it could not be Wednesday , it is Faith Lavender who comes on Wednesdays . |
| 26 | Tretorn , in filing its complaint , believes that the EC Commission 's lawyers may have missed the significance of the word in dispute ( ‘ type ’ ) because the LTA 's previous ball agreement , ( ie the one that the EC Commission was asked to consider ) contained no written reference to pressureless tennis balls , therefore ensuring that it could not be party to such vital information . |
| 27 | It could n't be Emma , could it , with some ghastly news about Cindy Hill slitting her wrists or something ? |
| 28 | ‘ She said it could n't be Rebel that had killed the lamb . |
| 29 | But no , it could n't be Matyre . |
| 30 | And it could n't be starter Captain Keith Brown , who allegedly rejected the possibility of using a different system TWO MONTHS before the race . |