Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | that ducks do have eggs it 's possible they could of been there but they were n't . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's possible there could be conflicts between them so we felt it was important to have discussions now . ’ |
| 3 | Police said it 's possible he could have been responsible for two sex attacks in Berkshire … one in Maidenhead and one in Slough . |
| 4 | ‘ I suppose it 's possible she could be having some sort of psychological block . |
| 5 | It 's possible I could s if I walk from Newcastle catch a bus to Newcastle then walk from Newcastle . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's possible it could be flu . |
| 7 | ‘ In the meantime it 's possible you could lose Ling , ’ Lucy warned . |
| 8 | Yo it 's possible you could be one of those . |
| 9 | Because my hair is dry I could really see and feel the difference and the fact that it did n't leave a coating or residue on my hair was great for me . ’ |
| 10 | I was just thinking that maybe at the beginning of the day people could , if she knows who is due she could actually write that in , and when they came she could just tick that that they 'd arrived . |
| 11 | that 's right you could . |
| 12 | Never lay crops directly on the floor where it is possible they could suffer from the effects of damp and poor air circulation , and arrange produce according to its preference : the roots nearer to the cool floor , and onions and marrows close to the ceiling where it is slightly warmer . |
| 13 | It is possible they could be copies of a well known make called Valentino . |
| 14 | One of my mates is convinced he could still be a rock and roll star . |
| 15 | But even if I was wrong about Bryce , it 's impossible I could be wrong about Magee . |
| 16 | It 's amazing what could happen . |
| 17 | Since this area is one in which worker experience is paramount it could be argued that the trade unions would be in the best position to evaluate different options in work organisation , without deferring to " the experts " . |
| 18 | He says Hungary also did n't send a judge — it 's sad no-one could come up with the cash . |
| 19 | Well , if it 's dark there could be a chance . |
| 20 | It 's likely she could face lengthy physiotherapy and recovery may be slow . |
| 21 | On the other hand ( there is always another hand in these matters ) I would not claim that , because I could explicate my own novel line by line , that is all it could mean , and I am well aware of the danger of inhibiting the interpretive freedom of the reader by a premature display of my own , as it were , ‘ authorised ’ interpretation . |
| 22 | I started taking smack at school , 'cos everyone in the — estate at that time was taking it and that was the only place you could buy pot and I sent one of me mates out from school one day to buy some speed and he come back with smack and said this is all I could get and I said I do n't want none of that , but in the end we ended up doing it because we was bored and we had nothing else to do . |
| 23 | Gyggle started off with the most sophisticated of these , the symbol and colour cards , but was soon reduced to getting me to try and guess — and a guess is all I could make — which of three paper cups had a ping-pong ball under it . |
| 24 | I 'm afraid that this is all I could find . |
| 25 | I suppose it is all I could have expected . ’ |
| 26 | Your love is all I could ever need . ’ |
| 27 | One CSE Grade 1 is all he could muster from school , so , fired by the grim prospect of a factory job , he went to a college of further education where he gained four ‘ O ’ levels after a year and then took a job at a wholesale jewellers , where they were n't too optimistic about his chances of promotion . |
| 28 | Oh that 's good I could n't you see it 's very difficult for me you know I have to look up there I can never distinguish one one one call from another . |
| 29 | But if it 's complex it could take much longer . |
| 30 | He says he ca n't get them flying but if they would only sit for him he is sure he could kill one . |