Example sentences of "be [pron] who could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now people th people there , those people would have been in dire trouble if there had n't been somebody who could do that . |
| 2 | It had to be someone who could follow instructions to make an effective bow and sharp arrows , who had time to lie in wait , who wanted me gone , who had a universe to lose . |
| 3 | Wherever the Labour party detects that there might be someone who could pay more under the rates , it wants every last penny out of that person . |
| 4 | Damn him for dissembling ; for pretending to Daniel that he was n't wounded to the core at being passed over , pretending that it was only Anna who was suffering , as if it were she who could not bear the lack of advancement , of increased prosperity . |
| 5 | If the wife is unable to take a nap in the afternoon when the children are napping , then possibly there is someone who could look after them for a few hours at least one day a week for her to regain her strength . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course there is someone who could confirm the truth of that file , ’ she said . |
| 7 | ‘ There 's nobody who could confirm that ? ’ |
| 8 | It is he who brings into this world all the powers to be used in it ; at the same time it is he who could become predator through sorcery of his own people ( see Overing 1985 ) . |
| 9 | Now it was I who could n't move ; more than that I was n't even able to form an idea of what it would be like to move . |
| 10 | But what Jan was also looking for was someone who could spark off the right romantic chemistry with Jason Donovan . |
| 11 | Looking at her , you got the feeling that this was someone who could bend iron bars and tear telephone directories in half . |
| 12 | He realized that he was somebody who could control people . |
| 13 | Well it was somebody who could work horses I suppose . |
| 14 | He thought his opening effort was very respectable , but there was nobody who could touch Brand . |
| 15 | It was odd , she thought , that it was she who could cry . |
| 16 | For instance , he said that the expression ‘ by hook or by crook ’ came from the period of Charles II when there were two judges called Hook and Crook and ‘ a man of straw ’ he discovered , was one who could be brought to bear false witness — recognisable by the straw in his shoes . |
| 17 | Hence , provided the independent contractor was one who could reasonably be entrusted with such work and the hotelier did what he could to ensure that the work was done properly , the lift company as independent contractors will alone be liable . |
| 18 | Or maybe utterly sane , perhaps it was he who could not come to grips with the topsy-turvy world they all now lived in , Edward thought . |
| 19 | But what sort of a man was it who could be kidnapped , bundled into a cart and made to lie on the floor under a rug with a gun at his head while being driven halfway across the city on a cold November afternoon — and then just calmly and quietly fall fast asleep ? |