Example sentences of "he could be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversation with him could be exciting and enjoyable , but one was uneasily aware of potential explosions . |
| 2 | The don in him could be satisfied and its conscience allayed by having intellectually broken into the truth . |
| 3 | She told me he could be Prime Minister . ’ |
| 4 | It was unfair not to hold the meeting until he could be present . |
| 5 | Although the text was carefully drafted to limit the rights of the visiting judge , in that he could be present at , but play no active part in , the proceedings , more active participation is in practice allowed in some countries . |
| 6 | The look in his eyes told her quite clearly he did n't believe a word of it , and she struggled to maintain a bland , ingenuous expression on her own features , wondering if even he could be cruel enough to brand her a liar . |
| 7 | Was she really contemplating the possibility that he could be involved in something illegal ? |
| 8 | For all we know he could be involved in the murder . |
| 9 | They faced each other , and she found it hard to believe that he could be involved in anything underhand . |
| 10 | He could be vehement in denunciation . |
| 11 | He could be hysterical , and he kept power well into senility . |
| 12 | Ken wanted to rake David to this thing on his own and David , being very , very cold — he hates demonstrations of emotion — and me being very Mediterranean , I told him that as far as I was concerned , I did n't give a fuck about his award or seeing him receive it , but I thought it was a bit much that his mother could n't be there because it was a public occasion and it was a time when , without having to speak to her , he could be nice to her , as every mother loves to be there for that kind of thing . |
| 13 | He could be demonic — like the time someone fresh came to the ‘ Carry On ’ team , who was n't quite as professional as he would have liked . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But he could be sharp with her too — boss her around . |
| 15 | And what he could be certain of . |
| 16 | If peace was not obtainable on these terms , then of course he wanted victory , and he wanted to know before he started the battle that he could be certain of gaining it . |
| 17 | There must surely be some connection of ideas here , and he would get better quickly if he could be certain that everything made sense . |
| 18 | Although Darwin had guessed that the Galapagos birds originated from there , because the Galapagos were so young , it was not something of which he could be certain . |
| 19 | He could be touchy and irritable ; Lewis could be brash and tactless . |
| 20 | He could be useful . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You see , ’ I overheard her say through the half-closed door , ‘ I told you he could be useful . ’ |
| 22 | Having to retire early was a shock — but if he felt he could be useful … ’ |
| 23 | MICHAEL KINANE , the champion jockey of Ireland , completed the most sensational 24 hours of his career when he took the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe on the British-trained 19-1 outsider , Carroll House , at Longchamp yesterday , but he had to endure the longest 20 minutes of his life before he could be sure the victory was his . |
| 24 | And if he could be sure of that , there must be other things that he knew about himself . |
| 25 | He was returning to a world that had been kind to him , a past he could be sure of . |
| 26 | If he surpassed himself with a full-scale mock-up of the ceiling for the Salla Romana with a snake-pit of interwoven flowers and exuberant garlands , he could be sure that a cursory glance by Ceauşescu would be followed by the demand , ‘ More flowers , more gold leaf . ’ |
| 27 | And breakfast was not only a leisurely start , it was also the only Sunday meal when he could be sure that all the members of his family would be together at table . |
| 28 | He knew that he was searching for sixteen points of comparison before he could be sure of positive identification . |
| 29 | She would have thought the better of him for it as well , Lugh knew he could be sure of that . |
| 30 | He wished he could be sure of always working with police officers who brought the same degree of tireless persistence and intelligent analysis to solving a puzzle . |