Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] could [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If any BW officer had reservations about the project they could have phoned me on 10th or 11th June , particularly as everyone knew the work was scheduled to start on the 12th . |
| 32 | ‘ I told the police they could have warned us in advance . |
| 33 | ‘ If I 'd had three boys I could have fitted them into the same bedrooms . ’ |
| 34 | The evidence in terms of inch loss recorded by my trial team proves without doubt that the reduction of fat and the increase in fresh fruit and vegetables in our diet really does reduce cellulite , despite all the hormonal , stress , lifestyle and postural factors which could have caused it . |
| 35 | There 's no way you could have kept him hidden for this long , and Moshe-Rabaan would have noticed any excess oxygen usage , so he 's a simularity , right ? ’ |
| 36 | Surely there was no way she could have seen it before . |
| 37 | And you ask us to believe that out of a dozen car-parks and hundreds of side streets you could have chosen you picked this place by chance ? |
| 38 | Have you any idea who could have sent it ? ’ |
| 39 | I 've no idea who could have killed him or why . |
| 40 | Last year and this year they could have upgraded it at a cost much greater than the initial expenditure and much less efficiently . |
| 41 | ‘ If the man had grabbed my bag I could have understood it . |
| 42 | She said : ‘ If the man had grabbed my bag I could have understood it . |
| 43 | Why could n't you ask about tulips I could 've told you about . |
| 44 | In mid-1974 he developed phlebitis — inflammation of the veins — and within months it was revealed that he had a thrombosis which could have killed him in seconds . |
| 45 | As the cry of her throat tore the air , and the warmth of her dosed around him , not death itself could have held him back . |
| 46 | ‘ There are 1,001 possibilities as to why this accident happened and it would be pure speculation to say at this stage what could have caused it . |