Example sentences of "could [adv] be [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While his parents could only be with him during the occasional break in a hectic schedule , at least Diana knew that he was under the same skies . |
| 2 | If you were to stay with me , it could only be with your parents ’ permission . |
| 3 | This tall and handsome man , not so many years older than himself — he must have been a mere boy when McAllister was conceived — could only be by his manner , and his resemblance to her , McAllister 's formidable father , so often referred to . |
| 4 | So thank you very much indeed , and we now move on to , briefly to Earlier on our progr in our programme we received that Tony could not be with us today , but we are delighted to welcome in his place Sir Leonard I B M's Director of Personnel and Corporate Services . |
| 5 | as if , like her , he could not be in her company without remembering . |
| 6 | All she really wanted , if she could not be in his presence , was to be left alone so that she could recall and relive in her mind every moment of that morning 's encounter , and dream about what the future might hold for her . |
| 7 | cos their meeting could just be with you |
| 8 | Rain thought this unusually malicious for Wainfleet and wondered what could possibly be behind it . |
| 9 | Mr Rosen 's attack on the lists was not with the particular choice of titles — indeed the list was so extensive that no one could possibly be against them all . |
| 10 | ‘ The glucose testing kit … ’ she said rather blankly , not quite understanding how it could still be in her hands . |
| 11 | Treat that right , and it will bless your life and ennoble it , and make you ten times , yes , a hundred times , the man you could ever be without it … |
| 12 | The London stage could n't be without him — in loincloth or natty suit . |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't be without it , ’ said the woman . |
| 14 | I felt guilty — I seem to do that a lot , like when I could n't be with my parents when my father was dying , even when I know at an intellectual level that I do n't need to . |
| 15 | Unavoidably detained in a traffic snarl-up in Park End Street , Dennis could n't be with us in person , but he was present in spirit , and the result was quite literally indescribable . |
| 16 | ‘ Pity she could n't be with us , ’ said Mrs Harper , dangerously : but Shirley had n't the energy to fight back , she helped herself to a spoonful of sage and onion stuffing and sat down to begin her meal . |
| 17 | We did n't understand the good reasons why they could n't be with us . |
| 18 | And then they could n't be on their own because they had the elderly relatives to care for . |
| 19 | That way — or so she said — it would be protected in a way it could n't be on its own , because the group had so many different irons in the fire . |
| 20 | It could n't be for my uncle 's charms , or could it ? |
| 21 | Or turn into a bitchy ginny misery like M ( no , I could n't be like her ) . |
| 22 | The software will not be as familiar , nor is it usually as easy to use but the results could well be worth it . |
| 23 | I assumed that since the author was not black , the appearance of Africanist characters or narrative or idiom in a work could never be about anything other than the ‘ normal ’ , unracialised , illusory white world that provided the fictional backdrop . |