Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] could be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The directors are denying any knowledge of this and the report originated in the Star so it could be rubbish , |
| 2 | Just if she 'll , you know , just if she could be friends with me still , you know , and that ? |
| 3 | He wants a girl friend and I want a boy friend , and as I like him ( or at least what I know of him ) and I think he likes me , I think it would be good for both of us if we could be friends . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , Sir John , like you I wondered if he could be Burghgesh 's son . |
| 5 | If only because they could be witnesses . |
| 6 | A recent survey of the 443-kilometre Khutzeymateen valley showed it contained a population of 50 grizzlies , the largest known on Canada 's west coast , but that logging of the valley 's temperate rainforest-although it could be economic-- " would pose a substantial threat to the bears and the habitat " . |
| 7 | I wondered whether it could be drugs — that a caddie perhaps had to be made privy to , because the golfer had to be topped up during the round . |
| 8 | The bugs you see at the water surface sound as though they could be Mites , which usually congregate between the surface and the cover glass . |
| 9 | Cleveland Police are warning smokers to beware of offers of cheap cigarettes as they could be part of a hoard stolen from a storeroom in Morgan Drive , Guisborough . |
| 10 | Hence the burgeoning popularity of the Bharatiya Janata Party : a fringe party of Hindu extremists only a few years ago , it looks as though it could be part of a government after the election . |