Example sentences of "could [pron] be [adj] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could I be sure of meeting you all again in health I could be content , but there is the anxiety … |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , Guy , how could I be frightened of you ? |
| 3 | How could I be jealous of you ? |
| 4 | Could you be one of the owners of this cottage they 're talking about ? ’ |
| 5 | What a nasty creature she was — how could she be jealous of Dana ? |
| 6 | But how could one be jealous of a stick , a statue ? |
| 7 | How could they be short of money when everybody 's always paying in money ? |
| 8 | For a moment he thought he smelt a rat ; could it be one of Marjorie 's ‘ little jokes ’ ? |
| 9 | For a moment he thought he smelt a rat ; could it be one of Marjorie 's ‘ little jokes ’ ? |