Example sentences of "[pron] could be [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyway , I thought I could be doing better things here , and I wanted a hot drink and I was feeling a bit peckish . |
| 2 | In the tropics , where the bulk of the anurans live , it is not nearly so clear , and there are intermediate forms which could be called frog or toad with equal accuracy . |
| 3 | This independence means that , even without their head ganglia , insects can show some behaviour which could be called learning . |
| 4 | Well as I 've s as I 've said earlier , erm what we 're basically saying is that because these erm sites do not perform a greenbelt function and er they then fall into a white land situation , that that white land is a is an area of land that becomes er at the end of the plan period in two thousand and six , er they are areas which could be considered development . |
| 5 | A later study by Jacobson and Aaker ( 1985 ) examines this proposition and runs regressions including ROI from earlier periods as lagged independent variables as surrogates for other factors which could be giving rise to the positive association between market share and ROI . |
| 6 | King Henry 's daughter had been triumphantly proclaimed Lady of England until she could be crowned queen . |
| 7 | With regard to the internal candidate , the Chairman further recommends that while she interviewed adequately , it would be beneficial to Miss Harraughty 's future career development if she could be offered training in interview skills . |
| 8 | In both cases the artisans who made up a high proportion of the arrested do not appear in the rate-books , suggesting that they were not among those tradesmen who could be considered part of the " middling sort " . |
| 9 | This is well worth pursuing as you could be owed money from one or more schemes , which will all add to your pension on retirement day . |
| 10 | What you have to steal : If you have an expensive car sitting in the driveway , or inadvertently let slip in the pub about your latest classy hi-fi , you could be drawing attention to your house as being potentially worth breaking into . |
| 11 | Like you could be having fun . |
| 12 | We could be losing sight of the goal . |
| 13 | While it 's attending a non-emergency , a real one could be taking place elsewhere . |
| 14 | Everything could be converted tot he market : people and needs parcelled up on to some sort of national supermarket shelves . |
| 15 | Wyrdwriteras may have been produced in response to attacks on Æthelred for not leading his troops personally , and although Ælfric seems ( in the extant portion , at least ) to defend this policy , there could be implied criticism of the king 's choice of commanders who were often less successful than those in the examples cited . |
| 16 | If they were to employ staff on fixed-term contracts , they could be creating rigidity for themselves rather than flexibility . |
| 17 | Ramblers who fear they could be denied access to Forestry Commission land if it 's privatised have won the support of the Labour Party . |
| 18 | Mr Wood conjectured , ‘ They could be raising money for the lending institutions , which is not the kind of thing we do ’ . |
| 19 | Swindon play Charlton tomorrow … and they could be losing full-back David Kerslake … |
| 20 | They could be keeping pace with me , along Forrest Avenue , down Gladewood Road , and across up through Park Crescent . |
| 21 | They are used to selling ‘ product ’ , and they could be selling butter or margarine . |
| 22 | We 're asking very poor countries to set aside land they could be cultivating food on — we have to give them something in return . ’ |
| 23 | If it could be called living . |
| 24 | ‘ If it could be called living . |
| 25 | The mass popularity of the movies did not come about because showmen gave no thought to individuating their audiences but rather resulted from an appreciation that the most important thing about the public as a whole was that every section and every group would respond to the appeal of the movies if it could be given access to the right kind of cinema . |
| 26 | It does n't seem out of place because of the whiteness of the stonework , so brilliant in the sun it could be spun sugar . |
| 27 | It could be sampling error ; the main data used in this chapter was collected in monthly sample surveys , each of which aimed to interview a cross-section of the general public but each of which will have deviated from the parent population to some extent . |
| 28 | The oddity which the fellow-curates remarked was that as he walked in the procession from the vestry up the aisle he could be heard whistling . |
| 29 | The personality of the present commander , L Detachment S.A.S. Brigade , is such that he could be given command of the whole force with appropriate rank . |
| 30 | He says if its just a simple fracture he could be playing cricket again in just three months . |