Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] could be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know what his tastes are in music , so it could be anything from Mahler to Charlie Parker . |
| 2 | I would n't mind being a bride , if I could be one without having a husband . |
| 3 | If I could be nothing but a witness and tolerant judge of others , this ethical nihilism would be a fully rational mode of life . |
| 4 | If I could be your husband . ’ |
| 5 | Sometimes you see someone painting a door or something and get that little bit done there and then they step back to make sure they have n't missed something cos they could be it could be so obvious to anyone who 's just standing , What 's he doing there he 's left a big piece in the corner there that |
| 6 | Something there there there it 's them two , it looks like it could be them , with them round together |
| 7 | ‘ Not the Mrs Flaherty , ’ he said , wondering if it could be her sister . |
| 8 | Like everyone else he blamed the former chairman , who 's best not named ( but if he could be he 'd be called Alan Bowes . ) |
| 9 | it 's the paragraph above , this is still rather puzzling me erm the commission were concerned because there could be what one could describe as arbitrary and unfair , rejections of application for membership is , is that your reading of it ? |
| 10 | I say he because that is what I think of , though it could be they or even she . |
| 11 | Bernhard Langer really looked as though it could be his year with a 68 , and Sandy was three strokes off the lead . |
| 12 | He says no-one seems to mind as it could be them next time and Norman can make his time up on route . |