Example sentences of "easily [vb infin] been [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A dumb Brummie , a tough-nut Geordie , a light-fingered Scouser , a cheeky Cockernee — it could so easily have been a clichéd mess . |
| 2 | These young people were not only happy they were roaring drunk and there could easily have been a double inquest with that other young man . |
| 3 | It could just as easily have been a refused request to come home late or stay the night at a friend 's house . |
| 4 | And it could so easily have been a suicidal career move . |
| 5 | This could so easily have been a recommendable mid-price set of Mozart 's mature Piano and Violin Sonatas , but it is arguably put out of court by the early digital recording ( made between 1975 and 1978 ) which gives the violin an unpleasant rough edgy tone . |
| 6 | This was an unreasonable wish since it was not clear that such a leader would be available and the effect of defeat might as easily have been an undesirable fudging of economic issues and a gerrymandering of constitutional issues . |
| 7 | Thin , slope-shouldered , raincoated and thoroughly inconspicuous , he could easily have been an innocent Sunday evening wayfarer , but for the fact that Harry was now convinced he was not . |
| 8 | The smell , coming from the rear of a building , might easily have been the unpleasant odour given off by a dustbin in need of emptying . |