Example sentences of "it be [adj] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were reasonable it could not be miraculous , could it ? ’ |
| 2 | that ducks do have eggs it 's possible they could of been there but they were n't . |
| 3 | ‘ It 's possible there could be conflicts between them so we felt it was important to have discussions now . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ In the meantime it 's possible you could lose Ling , ’ Lucy warned . |
| 5 | Yo it 's possible you could be one of those . |
| 6 | It 's possible I could s if I walk from Newcastle catch a bus to Newcastle then walk from Newcastle . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's possible it could be flu . |
| 8 | Police said it 's possible he could have been responsible for two sex attacks in Berkshire … one in Maidenhead and one in Slough . |
| 9 | ‘ I suppose it 's possible she could be having some sort of psychological block . |
| 10 | But if it 's complex it could take much longer . |
| 11 | He says Hungary also did n't send a judge — it 's sad no-one could come up with the cash . |
| 12 | But even if I was wrong about Bryce , it 's impossible I could be wrong about Magee . |
| 13 | It 's amazing what could happen . |
| 14 | It 's all we could have hoped for . |
| 15 | ‘ In the corner , it 's all I could find , ’ she replied . |
| 16 | Well , if it 's dark there could be a chance . |
| 17 | It 's inconceivable we could go further down the road without job losses . ’ |
| 18 | Their instructors will be the real experts at the police driving school ; it 's part of a pilot scheme and if it 's successful it could be extended throughout the area , and it 's free . |
| 19 | It 's likely she could face lengthy physiotherapy and recovery may be slow . |
| 20 | A pilot scheme is operating in the north-east of England and if it is successful it could be introduced to Ulster . |
| 21 | I suppose it is all I could have expected . ’ |
| 22 | Never lay crops directly on the floor where it is possible they could suffer from the effects of damp and poor air circulation , and arrange produce according to its preference : the roots nearer to the cool floor , and onions and marrows close to the ceiling where it is slightly warmer . |
| 23 | It is possible they could be copies of a well known make called Valentino . |
| 24 | It is true he could have told you of me what now I have told you . |
| 25 | We cooked and served the meal that Sir Thomas had recently eaten ; it is true he could have taken the poison afterwards , however , or when he was away from the table during the entremets . |
| 26 | In 1964 , when Pople left the UK for the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh , as it was then called , his departure inspired one popular British newspaper to the headline Another brain down the drain , but given the lamentable levels of financial support by successive UK governments for the theoretical research in which Pople was to excel , it is unlikely he could have achieved so much without moving . |
| 27 | It was one of those rare occasions when a covert operation could be examined in the full glare of publicity and it showed what a foolhardy idea it was from the start for , even if Crabb had returned safely , it is unlikely he could have brought back enough information to have justified the risk in the first place . |
| 28 | Protectionism is not a serious counter movement to global capitalism because if it was successful it could do great damage to the system and , ultimately , destroy it . |
| 29 | Far from not knowing what she was doing her staff discovered it was all they could do to keep up with her . |
| 30 | ‘ I also had to give up my part-time Communications course which the Jo'burg job was paying for , because the salary in Durban was much lower and my parents could n't help me when it was all they could do to meet Dad 's medical expenses , since he never made any sort of provision for the future . |