Example sentences of "[pron] could be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could be forgiven for thinking so lately , ’ Leonora muttered unwisely , then backed away in a hurry from the blaze in his eyes . |
| 2 | But the amount of money we received would have been so little that we thought it would be far more useful if instead I could be given a job in one of the innumerable Allied offices that had sprung up everywhere . |
| 3 | I could be taught . |
| 4 | Whatever Richard of Gloucester 's intentions — and God knows I could be mistaken ! — he would not provoke the enmity of the Mowbrays by causing harm to the lady Anne , she told herself . |
| 5 | He might behave more impulsively though I could be mistaken . |
| 6 | I could be mistaken , or even deliberately telling a falsehood , about the thimble . |
| 7 | As in the case of the whereabouts of the thimble , I could be mistaken , or even deliberately telling a falsehood . |
| 8 | Feeling deliciously convalescent , I pottered about in pyjamas , weak yet fortified by the knowledge that I was in a sympathetic house where I could be waited on , and had no appointments of any kind . |
| 9 | We 'd arrived and Mr Tuckett had driven off and within minutes I could be seen , from the street , through the open curtains , upstairs in a bedroom . |
| 10 | It was less the fear of hell ( which seemed a long time away ) than the fear of being a non-person which prompted me to ask my parents if I could be baptised . |
| 11 | ‘ I could be tied up until quite late , ’ he told her , ‘ but as soon as I 'm free I 'll come round to your hotel . ’ |
| 12 | It was because I was subconsciously sure of them that it never occurred to me that I could be rejected . |
| 13 | I would phone twice a day , and , of course , I would leave you a complete itinerary where I could be reached if you needed me . ’ |
| 14 | The case for Solaris on Intel , however , does not appear a strong one for Stuart at present , ‘ although I could be proven wrong ’ , he said . |
| 15 | I could be prosecuted . ’ |
| 16 | In other ways I suppose I could be said to prosper tolerably well . |
| 17 | Any which are sent to er , which of course would be the only way in which I could be contacted , |
| 18 | On the third day Susan received a letter from him in which he explained that he was in a clinic for marioc addicts , ‘ Not that I could be called an addict , ’ he wrote , ‘ and this place is more of a health farm , really . ’ |
| 19 | I could be called in at any moment . |
| 20 | During the time my territory was South and Mid Wales , I could be sent off for anything up to a week on a series of stories . |
| 21 | Higueras adds , ‘ if I could be born again , I 'd take that big serve of Jim Courier 's . |
| 22 | In oxy-hemocyanin , too , the electronic spectrum , taken with the g-values from the ESR spectrum , shows that the copper(II) ions were in slightly distorted tetrahedral environments , and so the ready electron transfer to give tetrahedral Cu I could be understood . |
| 23 | I made signs to ask whether I could be untied , but the official politely refused . |
| 24 | I would advise you also to think of ‘ What is the worst possible question I could be asked about this ? ’ |
| 25 | If my anger breaks the glass , I could be smashed to smithereens . |
| 26 | ‘ Is there anything I could be told about it ? ’ |
| 27 | If they have been so informed , I would be very grateful if I could be told on what date they were told . |
| 28 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 29 | Marx , at No. 13 with Take This Heart , admitted : ‘ I decided to cancel the show because it was pouring with rain and I knew I could be electrocuted . |
| 30 | On the way we stopped in many towns and villages , so that I could be shown to people . |