Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anything Richard could suggest was irresistible and Tory nodded . |
| 2 | It was unthinkable that Mick could have been right . |
| 3 | The WRU could have been diplomatic and should have consulted officials from the clubs concerned after the last 16 matches to see what they wanted instead . |
| 4 | Arthur could have been deaf , for all the effect this had . |
| 5 | Ravel 's La Valse could have been anti-climactic after this , but it was never allowed to be remotely so . |
| 6 | Now he had met her again , he found a different woman — and the one who was now emerging was the one with whom , ironically , Amotju could have been happy . |
| 7 | Francis could have been involved in something a bit shady but nothing that would have brought him within range of any violence . |
| 8 | I suppose Paul could have been capable of killing himself . |
| 9 | Once , a long time ago , Henry could recall being alarmed at the emptiness , the ease , the sheer possibility offered by Saturday . |
| 10 | This was TV 's first half-hour news bulletin , and something of which Pilkington could have been proud , since research had shown in 1966 that 83 per cent of viewers were perfectly content with the traditional fifteen minutes at 8.55 pm . |