Example sentences of "could [adv] be [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could only be Mischa . |
| 2 | The latter was to have as his successor his son , who now could only be Louis-Napoleon . |
| 3 | It could only be Kirov . |
| 4 | It could only be Maria Luisa asking when Steve would be leaving . |
| 5 | And he , even as he turned his damp face towards me , pink and stupid in his unbuttoned uniform , could only be Casey , rooted in my dreams now , the same leering grin that will haunt me for years . |
| 6 | Her first impression of the man she knew with a sinking feeling could only be Niall Grant was of strong , sun-tanned features which held her gaze as the blue eyes looked coolly into hers , and for the first time in her life her height , which at five feet eight inches had given her an advantage over a lot of men , suddenly seemed diminished . |
| 7 | Then she was in another bedroom which could only be Luke 's , and on the chest by the window lay the passport . |
| 8 | My goodness , if I could only be God for a short time-even half a day ! — then I 'd be content to be St Peter for ever after ! " |
| 9 | A hot wind from Africa , the tiger striped beaches , brilliant sunshine from a sky of blue , and the backdrop of the fire mountains — this could only be Lanzarote . |
| 10 | This could only be Charlotte Feaver ; Charlotte the Scarlet , as Oscar called her . |
| 11 | The political élite regarded the situation after December 1848 as one which would be finite , destined to end in 1852 with the election of a new President , who could not be Louis-Napoleon since the Constitution precluded a second term . |
| 12 | She knew at once it could not be Ruth . |
| 13 | It is true that I can not become you , you can not become me and Blake could not be Beethoven . |
| 14 | At the window they laughed together and bit a knuckle , like children or housemaids — watching avidly , they saw the two boys get out of a car that could not be Robert 's . |
| 15 | ‘ I knew it could not be Wednesday , it is Faith Lavender who comes on Wednesdays . |
| 16 | When she could just be Lily Greene , on holiday in Paris . |
| 17 | No complete certainty is ever possible in the matter of ‘ u ’ , ‘ n ’ , ‘ v ’ , ‘ i ’ and so on , particularly where names are concerned — Julian o could easily be Julian a , Pothe could be Poche , Tonn might be Toun . |
| 18 | It could hardly be Parma Ham if it came from anywhere else . |
| 19 | ‘ This could still be Spinward 's main base on the planet , ’ Defries said . |
| 20 | Some he 'd learnt off the Frenchman — whose name is such a household name it escapes me — Marcel Marceau — and Jack Birkett ( now known as The Great Orlando ) was Harlequin , who could also be Columbine . |
| 21 | Surely it could n't be Jake ? she thought in startled panic . |
| 22 | This child could n't be Maria Luisa 's ! |
| 23 | It could n't be Dr Kent ; she hardly knew him , she 'd only spoken to him three times , and then briefly . |
| 24 | It could n't be Emma , could it , with some ghastly news about Cindy Hill slitting her wrists or something ? |
| 25 | If she could n't be Peter she was quite prepared , once she 'd mastered the technicalities , to hide behind a reflection . |
| 26 | ‘ P. & L. ’ could n't be Peter and Larry , could they ? |
| 27 | This could n't be Romano de Sciorto , her mother 's friend , the man who 'd invited her out here to Malta … |
| 28 | You could n't be Bambi all the time , not on the borders of the subconscious . |
| 29 | It was n't the van arriving for he would have heard the engine , and it could n't be Joe Maitland . |
| 30 | ‘ Could n't be Master Joe out , sir ? ’ |