Example sentences of "i could be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could be forgiven for thinking so lately , ’ Leonora muttered unwisely , then backed away in a hurry from the blaze in his eyes . |
| 2 | ‘ I could be looking for something more , ’ she said , and again she wished she had kept her mouth closed , but he seemed to bring out the worse in her , and she could n't resist answering his insults in the only way she knew . |
| 3 | It is I 'm looking for five er may be for each of those companies so that 's thirty people I could be looking for . |
| 4 | He caught my astonished stare , and paused as he was jotting down the orders , glancing down at himself in apparent wonder at what I could be looking at . |
| 5 | I would advise you also to think of ‘ What is the worst possible question I could be asked about this ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I could be riding within three weeks . |
| 7 | If my anger breaks the glass , I could be smashed to smithereens . |
| 8 | If they have been so informed , I would be very grateful if I could be told on what date they were told . |
| 9 | ‘ Is there anything I could be told about it ? ’ |
| 10 | As the spend over the three years will be more than that — last year 's spend was £17 million and I expect this year 's to be £25 million , making a total of £42 million — I suppose that I could give my hon. Friend the assurance that he seeks , but even if our figures were so way out that I could be caught on that commitment , when I consider the matter next May — assuming that the burden still falls to me to do so — I would have to make the same calculation as I made this year . |
| 11 | ‘ At the time I was convinced it was an allergic reaction to something because I could n't believe I could be suffering from acne at my age ’ . |
| 12 | On the way we stopped in many towns and villages , so that I could be shown to people . |
| 13 | Now there is no definition of what 's small erm erm is erm in er P P G er thirteen and perhaps Mr Curtis could help us in due course erm on an assumption that the new settlement was somewhat larger that th what the County Council is proposing , whether that would erm change the view of York City Council , I I think there is another factor again I could be corrected on this by Mr Curtis and this tended to come out in the greenbelt local plan enquiry , er and that York City Council seem progressively to place more importance on peripheral development than on the new settlement strategy |
| 14 | After all , I had no real claim upon your attention , and I knew I meant so little to you I could be dropped at any moment without a second thought . |
| 15 | Other times I think , ‘ What am I doing this for , I could be sitting at home with my feet up . ’ |
| 16 | I think I could be excused for my mistake . |
| 17 | Yeah I could be going in the but you were n't told that . |
| 18 | It 's a damn strain because I mean , I could be talkin' to 'er ( Lucy 's white friend ) ' that , at the end of the day she can say , ‘ You fuckin' black bastard ’ . |
| 19 | If I could be bothered to . |
| 20 | I suppose I could be accused of damning with faint praise . |
| 21 | Sometimes at the Dispatch Box the Minister displays not just a cocky attitude — on occasions I could be accused of that myself — but almost an arrogant attitude . |
| 22 | ‘ But I could be accused of negligence ! |
| 23 | I suppose in theory I could be lying through my teeth and have some other reason for wanting to go to Strathspeld — maybe I 'm just getting homesick for Scotland — but I 'm certain he knows that I 'm not lying and that there is a body ; I think he can see it in my eyes . |
| 24 | You know what I 've got ta bloody do yeah , to bring this back yeah , they 've asked me yeah to get up at ten thirty in the morning and go to the school on Monday when I could be lying in bed . |
| 25 | But I was thankful when the summer holiday started and I could be released from duties I was finding it harder and harder to cope with . |