Example sentences of "[pers pn] could be [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could be three seconds out , ’ said the Thing . |
| 2 | I was gon na say if you ai n't permanently in employment , you 're a bit silly to take that especially if the er , present climber and there 's one there they offered me said it could be two weeks or it could be two years I do n't know , so I gambler or not , I mean it depends how well you 're you are as well . |
| 3 | I said to that bloke today well how , how long am I gon na be before I go to court , he said it could be two years away |
| 4 | I was gon na say if you ai n't permanently in employment , you 're a bit silly to take that especially if the er , present climber and there 's one there they offered me said it could be two weeks or it could be two years I do n't know , so I gambler or not , I mean it depends how well you 're you are as well . |
| 5 | It could be two months before the court acts . |
| 6 | Many groups around the world are working in these areas and the rate of data exchange using ‘ traditional ’ tapes or CD-ROM meant it could be two months before one group heard of another 's ideas . |
| 7 | Mrs Banham said he was put on the operation waiting list in December last year , when the wait was about seven months , since then she has been told it could be 18 months . |
| 8 | Right what that is is erm usually when you take out erm health insurance cover the payments will be deferred for a specified period of time , that could be four weeks , eight weeks , it could be six months , twelve months so the |
| 9 | It could be 5 years before the drug is fully proved and generally available . |
| 10 | It could be an insurance plan so described to divert attention from the front-end and other charges which will absorb much , maybe all , of the first year 's ‘ savings , ’ and it could be five years or more , on any reasonable projection of performance , before you are likely to see even your original money back . |
| 11 | It could be 80 years . |
| 12 | It says it could be thirty minutes or half an hour on that one . |
| 13 | Finlay explains : ‘ Since we round to the nearest metre it could be 914.5 metres , say , which would make it a Munro . |
| 14 | The disabled group have been told it could be ten years before a bridge with ramps is installed at Leominster . |
| 15 | The representation is three people per authority , it could be three members , sometimes it 's two members and an officer . |
| 16 | It could be three quarters of an hour . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's very early days — we only saw the first draft last month and it could be three years before it is implemented . |
| 18 | Well I 'm just thinking it could be three years cos I 'm thinking what I borrowed what did I borrow , fifteen hundred ? |