Example sentences of "could be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking this in the spirit in which it was written — as a joke — Mr Ford 's self-deprecation is admirable , but his limited understanding of what his role as an ex-president could be is appalling . |
| 2 | I tell you what it could be is that cos you got ta know that C D's use laser to read it |
| 3 | This could be is it , Meals on Wheels ? |
| 4 | Many people in Russell 's Water think they know what happened to Jim Eggleton , and think the killer could be being protected locally . |
| 5 | There had to be agencies and clinics that were competent to deal with drug abuse , while the best I could be was an enthusiastic amateur , and that was rarely good enough . |
| 6 | I also spoke of my difficulty in giving talks to the armed forces ; for nothing remotely intellectual was acceptable , and the only use which I felt I could be was in taking along a few maps and indicating the whereabouts of places increasingly mentioned on the wireless or the press ( though they read only the ‘ picture ’ papers ) . |
| 7 | Plans are far from fixed , but the replacement could be be Hewlett-Packard Co 's PA RISC , since the Japanese firm has already reportedly pledged to buy $80m worth over the next three or four years . |
| 8 | Because I am I am beginning to think maybe they could be be erm game feature of the . |
| 9 | They 're asking what the noise could be who it could be were the guards coming for them ? |