Example sentences of "i could [be] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , for all you know , I could be completely amoral ? |
| 2 | If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it . |
| 3 | I could be really interested ! |
| 4 | but he talks as if he , he was born in that country , I mean I could be really patriotic to Wales |
| 5 | If I could be absolutely sure that A and B were n't somehow mixed up in it all , I 'd be tempted to give it a go . |
| 6 | ‘ I wish I could be that noble . ’ |
| 7 | I could be very direct at times . |
| 8 | I could n't send her away thinking I could be so heartless and horrible , but I also knew that I was n't going to go home that weekend ; I 'd find an excuse . |
| 9 | I looked at him and wished I could be so unconcerned . |
| 10 | I remembered this when one of my daughters asked how I could be so apathetic about the world and its problems . |
| 11 | ‘ I wish I could be more explicit . |
| 12 | He asked us many questions , and said as we left , ‘ I wish I could be more active in helping you . ’ |
| 13 | I wish I could be more enthusiastic about Jane Eaglen 's Mathilde , especially as I was so disappointed by her Scottish Opera Brunnhilde . |
| 14 | I do n't spect I could be as good as her , but I 'd be nearly as good . |
| 15 | ‘ I wish I could be as certain but I asked the hospital to meet her as well just in case . |
| 16 | The school he 'd wanted me to go to so that I could be as clever as he had once been and go to Oxford the way he 'd done and not waste it as he had been foolish enough to do . |
| 17 | She might go on for years ; I could be as old as she is now before she finally gives up the ghost . |
| 18 | Yeah end on overlap , lookalike Daniel but I I 'll take I could be quite insulting but there you are ! |
| 19 | ‘ I could be quite wrong here , but amongst the French soldiers likely to attend the opera is one of exalted rank , married to an ageing but unfaithful wife , and with an eye for a pretty woman … ’ |
| 20 | I feel I could be entirely useful if only I could get something to focus on . |