Example sentences of "could be [vb pp] for [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prost ( right ) is worried that he could be penalised for being involved in ostensibly innocent race clashes |
| 2 | Indeed , the visitor could be forgiven for being a little disappointed , although when it is floodlit at night the theatre very much comes to life . |
| 3 | The other girls could be forgiven for being depressed — after all , they were facing a racing dynamo , who seemed indestructible , regardless of weather conditions . |
| 4 | The basic problem with this aspect of the technique is that the movement occurs very quickly , so you could be excused for being unsure quite what has happened . |
| 5 | Spalding 's stages could be criticised for being somewhat vacuous . |
| 6 | Furthermore , in whole body calorimetry studies when total H 2 and CH 4 excretion were measured in healthy subjects eating test meals of various fermentable carbohydrates , the amount of excreted H 2 that could be accounted for was much less in non-methanogenic subjects . |