Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [be] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought there might be a vacancy occurring for a programme editor and wrote , maybe a little presumptuously : " I think I could be the man for the job . " |
| 2 | You said I could be the leader . ’ |
| 3 | Jacqui wondered whether she could be the go-between being used by the Nazis . |
| 4 | Do you think she could be the spy ? ’ |
| 5 | As Rachel grew up , the only heiress to this vast fortune , she had blindly fallen into the battlefield between the two men , loving both of them , truly believing she could be the peacemaker . |
| 6 | You could be the minister in charge of |
| 7 | If so , you could be the accountant who so incensed wildlife artist Adrian Rigby that he felt compelled to put his feelings about the profession into paint . |
| 8 | Perhaps after setting us off , you could be the bus , train or taxi competitor too ! |
| 9 | Also you might consider that what I 've just told you could be the truth . ’ |
| 10 | If it should come to their being used , we could be the cause of burning his roof over him . |
| 11 | ‘ Gerry Francis has done an excellent job , and they could be the surprise package , ’ he said . |
| 12 | We have only examined the legal issues from a narrow perspective ( Walden 1993 ; Gränström 1993 ) , they could be the focus of a single seminar alone ( see Postscript , 317 ) . |
| 13 | They could be the progeny of bandits or gypsies ! ’ |
| 14 | When you rescue the old Christmas tree lights from the loft for the umpteenth time , remember that they could be the cause of an electrical disaster . |
| 15 | The only way people can be safe is to assume they could be the thieves ' next target and do what they can to protect their horses . |
| 16 | A fund could therefore be a photocopying unit in County Hall , it could be County Hall itself ( i.e. the administration of the County Council ) , or it could be the whole of the education service . |
| 17 | The inputs specify ‘ part ’ of a picture , ( it could be the whole ) . |
| 18 | So I 'm afraid it could be the telegraph or one of my posted photo copies . |
| 19 | Or it could be the Brownie whose egg is in the best condition . |
| 20 | From a variationist point of view , however , this is not necessarily conclusive , as language is variable at all times ; thus , it could be the case that modern [ h ] -ful and [ h ] -less varieties are each equally derived from varieties in which [ h ] -loss was variable — not categorically absent or categorically present . |
| 21 | It could be the case that version A was perceived as a radically sceptical play and that the B version later came to dominate because the authorities were unhappy with the other version which more manifestly challenged orthodoxies . |
| 22 | It could be the others returning — or the start of his ambush . |
| 23 | The background establishes the location by showing a silhouette landscape of domes and minarets : it could be the back-drop for a village production of the Desert song . |
| 24 | Tell you what it could be , ah hang on a minute , I ordered an extension for a bloody for a phone for that office , it could be the phone that 's doing it in that office there I know , I know it could be corrupting , you know on the mark one the big one , the old generation mark one |
| 25 | Or it could be the boy going down through the field and scaring them . |
| 26 | In others it could be the springboard for a two-hour session . |
| 27 | It could be the day you deleted the thesis you 'd been writing for the last year , or the time the system crashed while you were giving a presentation in front of a thousand people . |
| 28 | At first sight , it could be the work of an old master in the hall of a Venetian palace . |
| 29 | ‘ You do n't know who 's hiding in that snicket by the church — it could be the vicar or it could be Dracula , they look the same when it 's dark . |
| 30 | ‘ It could be the river . ’ |