Example sentences of "and [noun] could be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wished suddenly that he and Cora-Beth could be alone together . |
| 2 | It would limit the amount of time he and Cora-Beth could be alone together . |
| 3 | He fell silent , but his face was shadowed by the memory of a very personal anguish , and Maria could be grateful for the merciful ignorance that had carried her through those same six years in which he had been so haunted . |
| 4 | But dithering and equivocation could be fatal . |
| 5 | Richie had deployed half a dozen of his tried and trusted Hazards Limited operatives to look after Royalbion plant and installations both onshore and offshore so that he and Patrick could be free to hold a watching brief at the Million Sterling Tournament . |
| 6 | If they 'd spent a particularly warm close time together , Jay even wondered if she and Lucy could be unique friends and veer away from this sexual desire which shimmered like an uncrossable burning field for Lucy . |
| 7 | Most subtly , Fisher pointed out how this balance of preference and disadvantage could be stable . |
| 8 | As the events of the second century were to show , Jews and Gentiles could be beastly to each other on Palestinian soil . |
| 9 | The return of their descendants to a multitude of towns and villages between Tolpuddle and Troon could be serious in its implications for Ashes loyalties . |
| 10 | That is , instead of : finite , infinite , finish , final ; or in a ‘ phonemic ’ version , fieniet , infinit , finish , fienal ; both meaning and sound could be clear in , finite , infinit , finish , finel . |
| 11 | As the football season approached , the question arose whether the League competition should be suspended so that players and officials could be free to volunteer for the war effort . |
| 12 | Simultaneously , Boardrooms across the USA began to accept that it was not always possible or desirable to rely entirely upon home-grown talent , and that managers and executives could be interchangeable between apparently quite different types of business . |
| 13 | I had told them what others were saying to me : people were working hard behind the scenes and publicity could be dangerous . |
| 14 | If Smith were to fall under a bus — or , let us be blunt , drop dead during a European heads of government meeting — the effect on the nation 's stability and standing could be devastating . |
| 15 | Tramps were slow , footloose and irregular ; liner services emphasized speed and regularity and delay could be ruinous , especially where government subsidies depended on the fulfilment of contracts to transport mail . |
| 16 | God rest them , Mandeville and Southgate could be wicked men , true minions of the King . |
| 17 | Professor Mishan argues that ‘ it is now reasonable to believe that , despite the abundance of man-made goods produced by continued growth , its net effect on human health and happiness could be adverse and possibly disastrous ’ . |
| 18 | After all , his impulsive invitation — made largely , she guessed , so that Faye and Bill could be alone for the evening to talk over the difficult issues of the amniocentesis — was not on a par with his dates with Marise or Paula . |
| 19 | Manager Ray Treacy plans to follow-up an initial inquiry with a firm bid — and Portadown could be interested in selling . |
| 20 | A government in Madrid dependent on the support of Convergence and Union could be arm-twisted into giving the Catalan country a still bigger slice of autonomy . |
| 21 | The terms of service of the German ministeriales are very imperfectly known , and seem to have been longer ; even there , dependence on the loyalty and efficiency of widely scattered bishoprics and abbeys could be cumbersome and inefficient . |
| 22 | He left unspoken the fact that he hoped the friendship between himself and Diana could be renewed and developed upon his return . |
| 23 | The occasional blow-ups he has at Lennie are understandable , as Lennie is very difficult to look after , and George could be popular , settle down with a woman and get a good job . |
| 24 | But relations between masters and men could be friendly and mutually regarding even under the putting-out system . |
| 25 | Sometimes old men sat together and talked about history and genealogy , presenting history to fellow-producers , and discussion could be lively . |
| 26 | I am not a Christian because I do not credit , as I earlier put it , that nature and history could be other than closed causal nexuses or believe that there can be events which are in some way qualitatively different from other events . |
| 27 | It would seem that there was no other way in which the urge to enshrine and secure the things that give joy and satisfaction could be satisfied . |