Example sentences of "i could [be] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I went back to my room , trying to forget about my brother ; I wanted to get to bed early so that I could be up in time for the naming ceremony of the new catapult . |
| 2 | And the next thing I could be on to drugs , you know er , putting heroin in me arm , I could be doing anything . |
| 3 | I could be comfortably at home sitting in front of the fire watching television . |
| 4 | I often wish I could be more like her . ’ |
| 5 | I wish I could be more like Angela in Married To The Mob , in that respect . ’ |
| 6 | If I took Concorde and made the funeral on Sunday I could be back by Tuesday , ready to open on Thursday . |
| 7 | He told me I could be back in a fortnight . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ With luck , I could be back in a week or two . |
| 9 | For example the lift phobic may say , ‘ I do n't like lifts — I might get trapped — no one might notice — I 'll be stuck there for ages — I 'll begin to suffocate — I could be there for days — I 'll starve to death . ’ |
| 10 | And you 're saying that one golf course I could be there for two or three weeks ? |
| 11 | I could be there by about four , Mrs — er — ’ |
| 12 | Just so much easier to get just to know that if ever like you know , eight or nine o'clock one night for whatever reason I wanted to come home I could be there like myself , in an hour . |
| 13 | But the job was part-time and local , so I could be home before the children . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I could be out of a job . |
| 15 | I ring up and they say ‘ it 'll be three weeks ’ — I could be out on the streets by then . ’ |