Example sentences of "[pron] could be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm worried that I could be developing agoraphobia . |
| 2 | Why would I want to go and wander around on these featureless big sods at the weekend , when I could be rollicking along a precipice on a terrifying , craggy west-coast mountain ? |
| 3 | Perhaps if I did n't know you so intimately I could be convinced , but I know your sexuality and your demands — ’ |
| 4 | I like a Quilt so I could be warm at night . ’ |
| 5 | So I 'm out and about and quite often I go and visit people in their own homes out of the back and beyond of nowhere cos I just called out as a result of that and I suddenly thought I I 'm highly vulnerable to them I could be subject to attack like anybody else , how will I protect myself ? |
| 6 | I believe I 've got to be very careful what I say because I could be subject to legal action , but I think this whole case is appalling . |
| 7 | ‘ I could be married — a housewife — a lady of leisure … ’ she began , irritated by his questions . |
| 8 | In fifty years time I could be married . |
| 9 | After a discussion with Ira Dilworth I telegraphed Dr Liu requesting him to inform Chiang Kai-Shek that I could be available to go to China on a month 's notice . |
| 10 | ‘ Of course , ’ said the Patrician , ‘ I could be merciful . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I 'd be satisfied if I could be sure that you and I exist at this moment . ’ |
| 12 | It seemed that the only way I could be sure of making teams in future was to be so far ahead of the opposition that they could n't possibly leave me out . |
| 13 | I wish I could be sure of that . ’ |
| 14 | If I do n't try myself to answer such questions , I could be sure that someone would certainly raise them . |
| 15 | ‘ I wanted you to know someone was following you , so that I could be sure you 'd lead me a dance . |
| 16 | ‘ I would I could be sure of it . |
| 17 | ‘ I just wish I could be sure that your chosen career had nothing to do with the fact that it was mine ! ’ |
| 18 | Remembering what had happened to me the last time I entered this unhappy house , remembering too that I was an escaped jailbird , whom most of the Frankenstein menage would not hesitate to give back into custody , I decided that the wisest course was to keep the place under observation and wait until I could be sure to speak to Victor . |
| 19 | That 's Swedish , so that I could be sure that you would n't understand . |
| 20 | ‘ You 're pretty good — it was the only way I could be sure of winning ! ’ |
| 21 | ‘ But if they were both dead — the King and the Duke — then you could be King and marry your Princess , and I could be rich , and have the woman I want . ’ |
| 22 | I did not want any stranger thinking I could be keen on anything my sister was stupid enough to find interesting . |
| 23 | Could I be sure of meeting you all again in health I could be content , but there is the anxiety … |
| 24 | ‘ If only I could be certain of that . ’ |
| 25 | Of one other thing I could be certain ; the weather was changing . |
| 26 | It was n't really anything I could be certain about . |
| 27 | If I could be certain of Ember , it would n't be so bad . |
| 28 | ‘ I thought it would be more amateur , ’ she kept saying , obviously surprised that I could be involved in anything that was n't a total failure . |
| 29 | ‘ I could be involved in a number of different ways , ’ she continues , ‘ but I can still do it well enough , and you never know what 's around the next corner . |
| 30 | ‘ Tonight I could make a strike , tonight I could be lucky . |