Example sentences of "[adv] be [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The company expects to sell via OEMs ( one of which will obviously be IBM ) , VARs and integrators as well as direct . |
| 2 | Three of them would obviously be Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland . |
| 3 | If they sell someone else this week to a Spanish or Italian club ( I assume it can only be Macca or Rocastle ) then they want shooting . |
| 4 | It could only be Maria Luisa asking when Steve would be leaving . |
| 5 | It could only be Mischa . |
| 6 | George noted that Sprague — it would only be Sprague had been leaking a version of Maxim 's performance at the Committee . |
| 7 | The latter was to have as his successor his son , who now could only be Louis-Napoleon . |
| 8 | In the other groups the figure with the thunderbolt can only be Zeus though he rarely lacks a beard . |
| 9 | It could only be Kirov . |
| 10 | ‘ Then it can only be Benedict . |
| 11 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 12 | Then she was in another bedroom which could only be Luke 's , and on the chest by the window lay the passport . |
| 13 | It is reported that in a large printing office in the city [ which can only be R. & R. Clark ] where there are about 100 females employed , more than 70 handed in notices to strike yesterday , while correspondingly large proportions of the females employed in other firms are said to have signified their intention of going on strike , failing a settlement . |
| 14 | Therefore there must be a First Cause which itself is uncaused ; and this can only be God . |
| 15 | My goodness , if I could only be God for a short time-even half a day ! — then I 'd be content to be St Peter for ever after ! " |
| 16 | Peace should be ours too , within the church family , and the origin can only be God . |
| 17 | A hot wind from Africa , the tiger striped beaches , brilliant sunshine from a sky of blue , and the backdrop of the fire mountains — this could only be Lanzarote . |
| 18 | This could only be Charlotte Feaver ; Charlotte the Scarlet , as Oscar called her . |
| 19 | And he , even as he turned his damp face towards me , pink and stupid in his unbuttoned uniform , could only be Casey , rooted in my dreams now , the same leering grin that will haunt me for years . |
| 20 | At least no if I do it will only be Friday morning . |
| 21 | Er well it 'll soon be Liz 's birthday . |
| 22 | ‘ Do you know , Miss Hardbroom , it might just be Algernon Rowan-Webb . |
| 23 | Which might just be Alan Davies ' test for 1992 . |
| 24 | ‘ But I 've a nasty feeling , ’ she concluded dismally , ‘ that if you do find anything there , it 'll just be Alex 's body . ’ |
| 25 | It will just be Paul McStay doing his best for his country . |
| 26 | So by the time you came here it would mostly just be Tommy that was playing ? |
| 27 | When she could just be Lily Greene , on holiday in Paris . |
| 28 | He must give lessons on the golf swing on the way round , encourage , cajole , crack jokes , tell tall golfing tales and generally be Mr Golf Personality . |
| 29 | No complete certainty is ever possible in the matter of ‘ u ’ , ‘ n ’ , ‘ v ’ , ‘ i ’ and so on , particularly where names are concerned — Julian o could easily be Julian a , Pothe could be Poche , Tonn might be Toun . |
| 30 | Oh Thomas must be still be Tottenham |