Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [adv] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My goodness , if I could only be God for a short time-even half a day ! — then I 'd be content to be St Peter for ever after ! " |
| 2 | ‘ I could hardly be Fairy Godmother , ’ joked Gayle . |
| 3 | When she could just be Lily Greene , on holiday in Paris . |
| 4 | On the statement emphasising that she could still be Queen , he said : ‘ The situation is very volatile . |
| 5 | I do n't see how she could ever be Queen . |
| 6 | It does take time to become familiar with all the features of the ORIGINAL shaping section but , with patience and practice , you could soon be knee deep in patterns for a whole variety of made to measure designer garments ! |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , I 'm sorry too , we could have made a good team , in business at least , though I realize we could never be friends or anything of that sort , but I 'm convinced it could have worked . |
| 8 | ‘ They could also be drug-runners who do n't care for strangers . |
| 9 | She says even if they look angelic , they could still be thieves . |
| 10 | Oh no , I mean the these were clients and they could never be friends after doing that I 've come to the conclusion you can either keep your money or you can keep your friends , but you 're not going to do both . |
| 11 | Twenty million of them dispossessed , twenty million told they now lived in a foreign country and they could never be Germans again , for ever more . |
| 12 | ‘ It could also be bollocks , could n't it ? ’ |
| 13 | Uu ; but it could also be AABBCC … |
| 14 | ( It could also be theft , where there is no need for the disposal to be for the benefit of another . ) |
| 15 | Now it could soon be time gentlemen please . |
| 16 | Or it could simply be activity in the digestive tract . |
| 17 | It would have been no use asking him whether he thought there was a unifying purpose in life , whether it could really be chance that an animal so small that it could n't be seen by the naked eye could die millions of years ago in the depths of the sea and be resurrected by science to prove a man innocent or guilty . |
| 18 | It could hardly be coincidence . |
| 19 | It could hardly be Parma Ham if it came from anywhere else . |
| 20 | It could only be Mischa . |
| 21 | It could only be Maria Luisa asking when Steve would be leaving . |
| 22 | Mr Urbanec , who is to hold further talks with Mr Havel today — this time in front of television cameras — conceded that the party realised it was held in deep mistrust by the public , and accepted that henceforth it could only be part of the political spectrum . |
| 23 | It could only be Kirov . |
| 24 | Of course we were n't about to ask , what on earth has happened to you , since we knew it could only be O who had done this to him . |
| 25 | He could never be Shiona 's , even if he wanted her , and there was nothing to indicate that he really did . |
| 26 | The good news for Prince Charles is 70pc believed he could still be king , despite his separation from Princess Diana , but the bad news was only 45pc thought he would be a good one . |