Example sentences of "he could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once again he wished he could 've listened in . |
| 2 | In the old days he could 've swallowed a six-pack in half an hour and then gone out and walked a tightrope . |
| 3 | When he ‘ found his car he sat behind the wheel , gripping it so tight he could 've snapped it . |
| 4 | He could 've floated clean away . |
| 5 | ‘ He could 've left if he 'd wanted to , ’ said Betty . |
| 6 | He could 've brought something . |
| 7 | Keep him from chasing younger birds — if he could 've summoned up the energy . |
| 8 | If only could have stayed behind to hear this being said , he could 've taken a lot of messages back to his friends in government . |
| 9 | he could 've er got out of that , but he lived in Gedling Nottingham . |
| 10 | Scamp had done thirteen months of a two-year stretch and he could 've got out in a coupla months more if he 'd kept his nose clean . |
| 11 | You , you know , you , you got over it but er he , he did n't re he did n't come back to you when perhaps he could 've done if he was feeling a bit er aggressive at the time . |
| 12 | Now he could 've choked and died ! |
| 13 | I do n't think he could 've been insured do you ? |
| 14 | He could 've come in the shop and bought them , yeah . |
| 15 | so he could 've , then he does n't , he does n't manage give them any more . |
| 16 | He could 've but not from his house , he ca n't phone out of his house , it 's just er |
| 17 | ( He could have been infected by 1 of at least 3 different ways . |
| 18 | He was putting on his heavy overcoat , asked again casually if he could have a look at the glass . |
| 19 | ‘ We ca n't work out how he could have killed his wife while he was sitting at the opposite end of the table , ’ said Constable Bewman näively . |
| 20 | He could have complained to the top about my basic lack of professionalism but instead he went out of his way to try and help — and sometimes got pretty short shrift in return . |
| 21 | However , if the pilot is thinking ahead , that option could have already been considered and he could have had the plan ready for use if more height was lost . |
| 22 | He could have pushed the throttle forwards and avoided the accident by using the engine . |
| 23 | He could have laid in wait for the soldiers and split their heads and — ‘ Fight ? |
| 24 | Sandy McGlashan had arrived late , his hair plastered down with sweat ; he was spluttering over the tale , to whoever would listen , of how he had ‘ come up flemyng and Menzies of Bolfracks , in the street at Aberfeldy , they had their heads together and were plotting something wicked , no doubt about it , if only he could have heard what they were saying ’ . |
| 25 | The results confirm that he could have done very much better , but his mind was partly elsewhere , ever active , ever engaged , ever busy . |
| 26 | If he could have , if he had no responsibilities , he would rent hotel rooms , write plays , and go to auditions . |
| 27 | He could have boasted to world leaders of the model communist state he and his comrades have created , now widely recognised in the world , with happy contented people enjoying the highest standard of living in the Eastern bloc . |
| 28 | He could have basked in the illusion of being a benevolent father-figure to his people , actually loved and appreciated and secure in the knowledge that even after he went , things would go on along the tracks he had laid down . |
| 29 | From that moment he could have transformed his country . |
| 30 | He could have been killed . |