Example sentences of "[coord] he could be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd kind of been hoping they 'd take the cuffs off me altogether by now but I suppose they 're thinking that the body in the shaft does n't prove anything by itself , and that Andy could still be dead , or he could be alive and he — or somebody else — could have kidnapped Halziel and Lingary to provide cover for me . |
| 2 | Or he could be dead . |
| 3 | Where will it end he 's thinking , and he could be right . |
| 4 | This was his first major starring role in the West End and he could be pleased with the rave notices , but there was one tinge of disappointment . |
| 5 | And er he , of course with him being a blacksmith , he could get a job anywhere in America , he says he could leave a town tonight and land in another town , he says and he could be sure of getting a job with him being a blacksmith . |
| 6 | In temperament , Coleman appears to have been somewhat mercurial , and he could be despondent , as he was understandably at the time of his wife 's illness . |
| 7 | Chapman regarded it as his prerogative to deal with players who were not measuring up , and he could be ruthless if he thought they justified it , as in his treatment of Walsh and Black after the Walsall débacle . |
| 8 | There was a cook and a maid and he could be fierce with them . |
| 9 | Then , as Creggan abruptly turned and went down into the silence and gloom of his shelter , where no other eagle could see him and he could be alone with his thoughts , Kraal muttered after him , ‘ Golden eagle ! |
| 10 | And he could be kind ; she was n't imagining it , was she ? |
| 11 | Richardson 's enthusiasm made his visits great fun , but he could be brusque . |
| 12 | It 's not known if the weapon he uses is real , but he could be dangerous . |
| 13 | ‘ But , look , Gurder … maybe Angalo goes a bit too far , but he could be right . |
| 14 | ‘ But he could be sharp with her too — boss her around . |
| 15 | But he could be ready for anything ; for the churches which had abandoned him ; for the churches like the Philippian one which had continued to care ; for hunger ; for plenty ; for the times when he had no obvious human support , and for the times when his fellow believers came and gave him encouragement . |
| 16 | But he could be generous , even to potential rivals . |