Example sentences of "could be [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First of all , if the records are not up to date — and it is difficult to see how they could be up to date during high level activity — the source of the information is missing . |
| 2 | The cost of acquiring the building could be up to £2.5m and converting into a 3,000seater arena , hosting judo , volleyball and handball , could cost the same again . |
| 3 | Heels could be up to 10cm high and toes were as rounded as the ever-popular clog . |
| 4 | The bombshell means that when bills go out next April , thousands could be up to £340 out of pocket . |
| 5 | I went back to my room , trying to forget about my brother ; I wanted to get to bed early so that I could be up in time for the naming ceremony of the new catapult . |
| 6 | What 's more , ‘ Copper Blue ’ hammers home the realisation that Bob Mould could be around for years to come . |
| 7 | ‘ We could be here for hours , ’ said Wilson , into whose tired brain had crept the thought that they could just sit down and have a little sleep until they were found . |
| 8 | ‘ He could be here on business . |
| 9 | And the next thing I could be on to drugs , you know er , putting heroin in me arm , I could be doing anything . |
| 10 | The room was warm , a sparking , crackling fire blazing in the hearth , and comfortably cluttered with furniture that conformed to no particular taste or style ; this was the family 's private sitting room , where the image that Katherine Lundy worked so hard to maintain to the brittle world of Society London could be dropped , where she and her family and close friends could be completely at ease . |
| 11 | And it could be just in time . |
| 12 | This could be both through research work and through the organisation of more lengthy round-table discussions , of the kind held at Uig last October , between representatives of the various organisations engaged in the development of the area and some experts from outside . |
| 13 | Sufferers from diabetes and epilepsy , or those given counterfeit antibiotics , could be particularly at risk , said the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry . |
| 14 | I could be comfortably at home sitting in front of the fire watching television . |
| 15 | Mr Wendt 's take-home pay could be down to £828,345 against £1.1 million under the Tories . |
| 16 | and you could be there at Cheltenham on Thursday for the big day … we ’ ve two club badges to be won in our special Gold Cup Competition |
| 17 | The Grand National … and you could be there at Aintree … we 've two tickets to be won in a special competition |
| 18 | For example the lift phobic may say , ‘ I do n't like lifts — I might get trapped — no one might notice — I 'll be stuck there for ages — I 'll begin to suffocate — I could be there for days — I 'll starve to death . ’ |
| 19 | I could n't imagine , we could be there till Sunday moving it , you know . |
| 20 | He wanted the days to pass so that he could be back at Ravenswood School , safe in the dining-hall and his classroom . |
| 21 | ‘ He could be back as coach or manager in four years time . |
| 22 | Paul Bodin could be back from injury for his first game of the season |
| 23 | Paul Bodin could be back from injury for his first game of the season |
| 24 | If the Nepalese court decides that there is no case against the two men , they could be back in Britain by the end of the week . |
| 25 | Another big reshuffle could come in 18 months to two years , by which time Mr Patten could be back in Parliament and Mr Douglas Hurd , having helped lead Britain 's presidency of the EC in the second half of this year , may have decided to step down as Foreign Secretary to pursue another career . |
| 26 | The centre-half is making a good recovery from a knee injury and could be back in contention for a place in Monday 's derby with Middlesbrough . |
| 27 | Although the No. 8 Rob Wainright broke his leg in midweek , he could be back in training in November , and in John Wilby he had a deputy who shone in the back row . |
| 28 | It means we could be back in civilisation in a couple of days . |
| 29 | The words which I have read are plain : it was Mr. Vanbergen who said he was going down to Eastbourne , that he was going down as part of his business , and that he did not think he would be getting back after his business on Thursday in time to pay it on Thursday , and the concession arose out of the question whether or not the debtor could be back in town in time to bring it himself , because he frankly said he was trying to get a little more time . |
| 30 | Central defender Mick Gallagher underwent scope surgery on the snapped cruciate ligament in his knee a fortnight ago , and Canal Street physio Jimmy Graham said today : ‘ He could be back in action in late September or October . ’ |