Example sentences of "[pron] could [be] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember thinking that if Andy Norman believed I could be Europe 's top sprinter , if he had such faith in me , well then maybe I could . |
| 2 | Perhaps I could be Eric 's stunt man , standing in when he turns on the flash dangerous stuff that terrifies the defenders in his wake and makes them have a go like David Burrows did . |
| 3 | Nobody could be Bryan Adams ! |
| 4 | However , Brenda 's turn is so constructed that it starts in London English with a statement about what happened , and switches to Creole at " cause " ( which could be London English or Creole ) — precisely the point where she begins her explanation of why she acted in this way . |
| 5 | There were no spectators at all , which was a relief , and no one in the water of a size or shape which could be Nevil . |
| 6 | One of them could be Swindon 's own Duncan Shearer , who 's been scoring goals this season as though they were going out of fashion . |
| 7 | DETECTIVES are questioning a prisoner who could be Britain 's biggest mass murderer . |
| 8 | 'You look like you could be part-Apache. ’ 'No , I 'm mostly Lithuanian . ’ |
| 9 | You could be James Bond , he thought , but if something had your number on it … |
| 10 | I mean that box on the left hand side there could be Ralph Gardener Community High School and where it says science or maths or whatever |
| 11 | If she did n't swim off some of this electric energy building up inside her , there could be St Lucia 's first case of spontaneous combustion , she decided wryly . |
| 12 | The Seven had given them no real choice : they could be Han or they could be nothing . |
| 13 | ‘ Unfortunately , by that time they could be HIV positive . |
| 14 | ‘ I think it could be Nicola 's hubby . |
| 15 | It could be Italy , but it 's not . |
| 16 | Well I did n't ne it could be Patrick . |
| 17 | She did not waste time thinking it could be Oliver whose quiet movement she had sensed in the bedroom . |
| 18 | Erm it could be Newark , it could be Lincoln it could be Gainsborough . |
| 19 | The Government 's Central Statistical Office says it could be July before a new system of European trade statistics is up and running and next year before the whole picture emerges . |
| 20 | ‘ So you still think it could be Newman ? ’ |
| 21 | It could be Vinnie or the other guy or both of them together . |
| 22 | It could be Botham 's biggest challenge so far — the hills are crippling . |
| 23 | Erm it could be Newark , it could be Lincoln it could be Gainsborough . |
| 24 | ‘ Then it could be Holyfield v. Lewis . |
| 25 | ‘ It could be Rosie . ’ |
| 26 | It could be Fenella returning home — or it could be a nocturnal prowler . |
| 27 | True , it might be a genuine enquiry , but it could be Nigel Steen relating him to Jacqui for the first time . |
| 28 | The market setting is purposely generic — it could be Khartoum , Bangkok or Recife . |
| 29 | The market setting is purposely generic — it could be Khartoum , Bangkok or Recife . |
| 30 | It could be Sir Richard , it could be Lady Isabella , Buckingham , Father Crispin , even Dame Ermengilde . |