Example sentences of "you could [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could be mistaken for thinking that on the other side of the plain red door is another harbour based company . |
| 2 | Once you begin to experiment you could be inspired into creating a whole host of ideas for long and narrow designs . |
| 3 | If you are not ready to deal with the problem of alcohol misuse if and when it occurs , one day you could be faced with a crisis . |
| 4 | Obviously this idea has to be thought out in advance , and if your friend or family move during the winter then you could be faced with a big problem in trying to gather enough material to make an attractive and interesting picture . |
| 5 | Rather more serious , if you buy a new home before selling your existing one , you could be faced by a bridging loan problem , which with continuing high interest rates could soon eat into any profits you hope to realise on the exchange . |
| 6 | If you work for a large company , with plenty of in-house techies to repair a computer if it goes wrong , or you are competent — and confident — enough to fix it yourself , then you could be justified in buying cheap and taking a risk . |
| 7 | You could be charged with obstructing the police in the execution of their duty . ’ |
| 8 | The dust is diabolical — at one stage you could be fired for using a sweeping brush and not a vacuum . |
| 9 | ‘ Not that anyone as beautiful as you could be ignored of course . |
| 10 | With ffeatherstonehaugh 's , if you came in as a guest and they liked you , you could be elected by acclamation on the spot . ’ |
| 11 | IME happens to be the Estonian word for ‘ miracle ’ — exactly what is required , you could be forgiven for feeling , if today 's designs are to become reality . |
| 12 | Wander around the centre , and you could be forgiven for thinking that the whole of Leeds was built in Victorian days . |
| 13 | You could be forgiven for remembering John Gould as a brilliant painter of birds — that 's exactly what he would have wanted . |
| 14 | For readers already familiar with the transmogrification of Sheffield from the Socialist Republic of South Yorkshire to something altogether more ‘ pragmatic ’ , you could be forgiven for believing that the drama unfolding around the boardroom table was just one more step along this route , with committed socialists playing the stock market with the best of them . |
| 15 | You could be forgiven for thinking that a book entitled The Mind of God was a work of theology , but you would be wrong . |
| 16 | Menaggio is a super lakeside resort that feels so untouristy that you could be forgiven for thinking it was just a typical Italian village . |
| 17 | When you wheel your trolley around the supermarket , you could be forgiven for thinking that our basic foods have n't changed for years . |
| 18 | In their farm kitchens and workshops you could be forgiven for thinking that time has stood still for 150 years . |
| 19 | YOU COULD be forgiven for not having heard of the Treaty of TIatelolco . |
| 20 | Boogie 's descriptions of the sounds are very accurate , too ; the ‘ British ’ settings really are very good indeed , and on occasion you could be forgiven for thinking you were indeed playing through a Bletchley-built stack . |
| 21 | If you believe in cycle theories , you could be forgiven for thinking a big one is due about now : the last big quakes have occurred in 1633 , 1703 , 1782 , 1853 and 1923 . |
| 22 | ‘ From the outside , you could be forgiven for thinking this whole episode will become very messy . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ From the outside , you could be forgiven for thinking this whole episode will become very messy . ’ |
| 24 | Ten years later , and you could be forgiven for thinking you 'd stumbled into Liberace 's Grotto . |
| 25 | He was just non compos mentis most of the time and there were times when you could be forgiven for forgetting that he was a woefully sick man . |
| 26 | Donard is the highest mountain in all of Ulster , and you could be forgiven for believing it to be the highest in the world when viewed from Newcastle . |
| 27 | YOU could be forgiven for thinking that pop star Yazz is off to study . |
| 28 | So when politicians and farmers tell us there 's absolutely no risk , you could be forgiven for wanting to make up your own mind — especially if you 've got children . |
| 29 | You could be forgiven for thinking this might present Olivetti with a conflict of interest but the company sees it differently . |
| 30 | You could be forgiven for thinking the only ‘ grand challenge ’ IBM Corp faces is turning its profit and loss account around . |