Example sentences of "he could [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After this , if there was to be an after , how could she live knowing what he might be up to , and the tight corners he could be getting into . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course , ’ said Amiss helpfully , ‘ he could be pretending to be deaf and dumb . |
| 3 | It seduced his imagination : woolly wisps streaming past told him nothing ; he could be flying into a mountainside … or diving … or two seconds away from a collision … |
| 4 | That means he could be thinking of linking Regis with Saunders and pushing Dalian Atkinson wide . |
| 5 | He turned his head so that when he opened his eyes he could be facing into the clearing . |
| 6 | They had been tipped off that he could be staying with friends in South-west London . |
| 7 | Laidlaw knew he could be overreacting from lack of sleep — it could have been a plan to try and break him down : a voice , no face . |
| 8 | He could be looking at a device which at any moment could be activated by a radio-operated switch . |
| 9 | If David Cork carries on playing like that , then he could be looking at a new contract instead of being on the transfer list . |
| 10 | Mr Davies ' remarks can be interpreted in two ways : the public expression of a maverick opinion , in the manner of Bill Cash or Ivan Lawrence ; or he could be acting with covert government backing as a kind of stalking horse to gauge the reaction from MPs , and the public , to his suggestion . |
| 11 | There was the bed , of course , he could be cowering under it , or maybe in the spacious built-in wardrobe . |
| 12 | He could be scarifying in his abuse of imperialists . |
| 13 | Or he could be lying in hospital , his life hanging in the balance , an electronic bleep pulsing in the hushed room . |
| 14 | ‘ I did n't tell Simon he could be going to be a father . |
| 15 | But as Shaffer remembers : ‘ He could be talking about a death and get himself very worked up about what he was saying , very passionate about whatever made him worried or angry . |
| 16 | Give in to it and he could be coping with another hysterical female . |