Example sentences of "[pron] could [vb infin] [vb pp] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The little evidence I could obtain suggested that the explanation was the usual one in criminal justice short-comings : a rising demand not met with increasing resources . |
| 2 | ‘ Once when all the chapels and the churches were thronged and full of singing I could have stayed because the flock was here , but now I have to go out seeking a flock . |
| 3 | A senior officer said someone could have died if the car had n't been stopped . |
| 4 | She could have screamed and the sound would have been accepted as part of the cacophony . |
| 5 | Jerome , the blue-jeaned bumboy with earring and dyed blonde " Of course , " he said , continuing to cut his food crisply , " you could have argued that the man was being exploited too . |
| 6 | " Of course , " he said , continuing to cut his food crisply , " you could have argued that the man was being exploited too . |
| 7 | No one could have imagined that the simple kindness of two individuals and a rescue society would call the British judicial system into question — and cost so much |
| 8 | There is no evidence that they could have anticipated that the son would intercept the letters under cover of which the legal charge and other documents were forwarded . |
| 9 | It could have meant that the Capetians acknowledged that they possessed no realizable claims to the allodial duchy of Gascony . |
| 10 | Dilettante 's answer would have been better if he could have shown that the Wilts case , though apparently relevant , was not conclusive on the question . |
| 11 | He could have sworn that the voice had been that of Christine Ashdown . ) |
| 12 | Anyone seeing the second round of Ingle and Choi must have wondered how anyone could have decided that the Korean had won that round 5-2 . |