Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] could be " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Going to the first GLF meeting brought together these two aspects of myself as I saw for the first time the emotional need to have a context where I could be open and proud of my gayness , as well as the political context where my sexuality would seem relevant to all the other things that were going on around me at work and in the country at large . |
| 4 | I just wanted a business where I could be independent — ’ |
| 5 | 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 . ’ |
| 6 | The woman would then be taken to a certified hospital for medical examination , where she could be detained for up to three months . |
| 7 | She needed to go back to London , to her own flat , where she could be surrounded by familiar possessions and be near to her family . |
| 8 | In the middle , you will find a general practice , where you could be dealing with conveyancing and property work , consumer and business matters and matrimonial and housing problems . |
| 9 | The dreaming spires , Morse 's beat where you could be forgiven for thinking there are more murders per square foot than any other city in Britain . |
| 10 | ‘ I do think visitors to this country like to know they 're in Scotland , especially in a large hotel like the Sheraton where you could be anywhere . ’ |
| 11 | I wish I could buy us a house — just a little place , big enough for you and me , where we could be all by ourselves . ’ |
| 12 | They came to Anoch in the early afternoon , having to break their journey early , because the opportunities for food and lodging were not evenly distributed between Fort Augustus and Glenelg : Johnson says , ‘ the only house , where we could be entertained , was not further off than a third of the way ’ . |
| 13 | In the eighteen-forties , the department stores really came into being with places like Debenham and Freebodys and Selfridges , where everything could be purchased under one roof , which made things much easier . |
| 14 | By Easter heavy frosts had ended hopes of a good harvest that year , and in the summer and autumn food riots broke out in the country at large as the price of a quartern loaf — where one could be had at all — rose from 3d. to over 1s . |
| 15 | But surely , she reasoned , where there could be no reason , surely sex does n't have to bring with it the pain of need , longing , the fear of rejection ? |
| 16 | I feel sure they must be rolling in the upper layer of water where there could be more dissolved oxygen than in the lower layer , but so far below surface there is no visible evidence . |
| 17 | The chatterbox will keep talking about anything so long as there is n't a pause where there could be an opportunity to engage brain before mouth . |
| 18 | ‘ … on a piece of ground 3 feet long and 2 feet wide , dug and cleared , and where there could be no choking from other plants , I marked all the seedlings of our native weeds as they came up , and out of 357 no less than 295 were destroyed , chiefly by slugs and insects . |
| 19 | Departments have agreed to notify the local planning authority of development proposals which are likely to be of special concern to the authority or to the public ; for example where there could be a very substantial effect on the character of a conservation area , or where there could be a significant planning impact , visually or otherwise , beyond the department 's own site . |
| 20 | Departments have agreed to notify the local planning authority of development proposals which are likely to be of special concern to the authority or to the public ; for example where there could be a very substantial effect on the character of a conservation area , or where there could be a significant planning impact , visually or otherwise , beyond the department 's own site . |
| 21 | The upstairs lighting circuit is laid out on the floor of the loft , taking care not to put it under any loft insulation ( where it could overheat ) , and not to put junction boxes where they could be damaged by careless feet . |
| 22 | Forrestal was a believer in the theory that it was too dangerous for atomic weapons to be manufactured and stored in the United Kingdom , where they could be overrun in a Soviet invasion of Western Europe . |
| 23 | However , because of the immense potential for the integrated ( ie raster/ASCII/vector ) systems that were under development , the point was made that the strategy could be to plan their eventual use for those functions where they could be of value . |
| 24 | Moreover , mothers may have encouraged children to play on the road surface where they could be seen from the kitchen window instead of on the grass at the front where they could not . |
| 25 | All the sheep were on lower ground where they could be reached by men on horseback , and the womenfolk had laid in stocks of flour and yeast , so that there was no shortage of food . |
| 26 | There , if they maintained their resistance , they were frequently treated with great brutality and , in a few cases , threatened with posting to the front , where they could be summarily shot . |
| 27 | The King was a famous shot , and decided to place the pair of Purdey shot guns from it on a cabinet top ( centre left ) where they could be more easily admired . |
| 28 | Help prevent falls by wiping up spills immediately and keep a look out for loose carpet tiles , carpeting , rug corners or small toys left where they could be trodden or slipped on . |
| 29 | She opened her mouth to speak , but could not force the sounds out , could not manage to say to Rosalba that Tommaso had wanted her to give him a different rendezvous , somewhere where they could be alone . |
| 30 | Spur lines led from principal stations into vast spartan dormitory accommodation where they could be quarantined and prepared for settlement . |