Example sentences of "could [be] [adj] with [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time he could be gentle with students ; a thoughtless question would be sympathetically answered . |
| 2 | Rossmayne could be honest with Benedicta . |
| 3 | Railfreight said all the physical difficulties could be overcome with investment , but all the options seemed to start at about £100,000 . |
| 4 | Tribute payment could be compatible with autonomy , because ‘ autonomous but tribute-paying ’ is to be the status of some cities in the north after the Peace of Nikias ( Thuc. v. 18 ) . |
| 5 | Although Joe Nichols in the New York Times wrote that ‘ Lester Piggott rode with the competence that has stamped him as one of the world 's great riders , and brought his mount home in time ’ , the Washington Post thought that ‘ there could be fault-finding with Piggott 's tactics in tucking in on the rail and not asking his mount for more of the effort he had in reserve ’ . |
| 6 | Truly to celebrate the sacrament for the first time , and to feel for the first time that the hands were the instruments through which God chose to nourish the souls of his people , could be overwhelming with gratitude or with penitence . |
| 7 | She had thought that if her mother had learned to consent , to let go , to be filled , then Phoebe 's passivity and disinterest would drop off like a cloak and she too could be naked with joy and love . |
| 8 | Superficially this species could be confused with A. fragilis , A. borealis or A. abyssorum . |
| 9 | The only other smell you are likely to encounter that could be confused with badger musk is that of the fox . |
| 10 | A venture you are planning could be fraught with disaster . |