Example sentences of "[pers pn] could be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I could be both Verlaine and Rimbaud . |
| 2 | I could be here tomorrow too . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ The kids love having me here , they wish I could be here all the time . |
| 4 | I could be here indefinitely , she thought dismally . |
| 5 | I could be here all , fuck this thing ! |
| 6 | The greatest single restriction on my practice was not being able to request X-rays when senior medical staff were not in the department , This rendered me ineffective at times when I could be best used , namely evenings and weekends . |
| 7 | Then , for all you know , I could be completely amoral ? |
| 8 | I could be comfortably at home sitting in front of the fire watching television . |
| 9 | It 's odd I suppose because I mean I could be much happier to play a lot more if there was a subscription towards croquet . |
| 10 | ‘ Oh , I could be anywhere . ’ |
| 11 | If only I had a decent time management system , you know , I could be really effective , and all the rest of it . |
| 12 | but he talks as if he , he was born in that country , I mean I could be really patriotic to Wales |
| 13 | I could be really interested ! |
| 14 | If I could be absolutely sure that A and B were n't somehow mixed up in it all , I 'd be tempted to give it a go . |
| 15 | I tried working myself into the ground , but I could be totally exhausted and still remember . |
| 16 | ‘ I wish I could be that noble . ’ |
| 17 | I could be very direct at times . |
| 18 | I remembered this when one of my daughters asked how I could be so apathetic about the world and its problems . |
| 19 | I looked at him and wished I could be so unconcerned . |
| 20 | I could n't send her away thinking I could be so heartless and horrible , but I also knew that I was n't going to go home that weekend ; I 'd find an excuse . |
| 21 | I wish I could be more enthusiastic about Jane Eaglen 's Mathilde , especially as I was so disappointed by her Scottish Opera Brunnhilde . |
| 22 | I often wish I could be more like her . ’ |
| 23 | He asked us many questions , and said as we left , ‘ I wish I could be more active in helping you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I wish I could be more explicit . |
| 25 | I wish I could be more like Angela in Married To The Mob , in that respect . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I wish I could be as certain but I asked the hospital to meet her as well just in case . |
| 27 | I do n't spect I could be as good as her , but I 'd be nearly as good . |
| 28 | She might go on for years ; I could be as old as she is now before she finally gives up the ghost . |
| 29 | The school he 'd wanted me to go to so that I could be as clever as he had once been and go to Oxford the way he 'd done and not waste it as he had been foolish enough to do . |
| 30 | For example the lift phobic may say , ‘ I do n't like lifts — I might get trapped — no one might notice — I 'll be stuck there for ages — I 'll begin to suffocate — I could be there for days — I 'll starve to death . ’ |