Example sentences of "[coord] [pers pn] could be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes she was fiery , or she could be ice cool : qualities that intrigued the male in Angus , although they disturbed the businessman . |
| 2 | The logical objects might be components of the presentation structure of the document , such as section headings , or they could be objects that relate to the topic of the document , e.g. book titles that are referenced in the document , part numbers , or , in a document about programming , variable names . |
| 3 | They could be professional managers or they could be doctors or nurses . |
| 4 | Or it could be part of the training sessions , let's have what we were doing yesterday , skill drills , but you 've got to practice it and practice it , until eventually from those forty contacts using a ratio of ten to one , we get four appointments . |
| 5 | ‘ You do n't know who 's hiding in that snicket by the church — it could be the vicar or it could be Dracula , they look the same when it 's dark . |
| 6 | All you know is you took a bearing from A and it could be anywhere along here , could be quite close to it or it could be miles up over here . |
| 7 | And it could be mine … |
| 8 | But they could be vinegar the next day , ’ he said . |
| 9 | But he could be Lord Lucan . |
| 10 | But he could be touchpaper , and a spark from a fancied slight , a disagreement over politics , a moment of heedlessness from someone , and he would catch and soon the conflagration was at full blast consuming everything in its path : new friendships , old friendships , new clients , his reputation , his wife 's love , even that . |
| 11 | True , it might be a genuine enquiry , but it could be Nigel Steen relating him to Jacqui for the first time . |
| 12 | BOOKMAKERS face a reputed £75,000 payout after last Thursday 's Hackney coup , but it could be months before ‘ winning ’ punters know their fate . |
| 13 | I have no date for the 3d ticket but it could be post war . |