Example sentences of "[noun] could [adv] be [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't know Geoffrey 's exact age , but the gap could n't be less than five or six years . |
| 2 | The AEA believes that some of the waste could still be properly and safely cleared if a decision to this effect was taken soon . |
| 3 | It will fire if the input from this little square could not be inside or outside or part of an edge or corner of any rectangle . |
| 4 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 5 | They have n't got the facilities , facilities could n't be anywhere but where they are , and that 's how , erm , Beefeaters do their , set their bars up . |
| 6 | She and Dmitri could still be here when they were seventy . |