Example sentences of "they could [be] [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Seven had given them no real choice : they could be Han or they could be nothing . |
| 2 | They could be professional managers or they could be doctors or nurses . |
| 3 | He looked at the bubbles intently : they could be frogspawn or snow just fallen , or clouds , or millions of tiny crystals , almost invisible . |
| 4 | Er , colleagues , before we turn to a period of , er , rule amendments and general motions , could I just advise congress that a pair of spectacles have been handed in er , Vision Express , look like , well they could be ladies or gents , multi-sexual these days , colleagues . |
| 5 | This meant they could be midwives or nurses , but not doctors . |