Example sentences of "[pers pn] could 've [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could 've made a fortune flogging beads to hippies . ’ |
| 2 | If I could 've worn a red jersey that would 've been it . |
| 3 | You should of said , I could 've borrowed a chair . |
| 4 | She could 've smoked ci er cigarillos , she could 've smoked a pipe , yeah , erm tt with regards to working , you did ask did she work but is sh she is a tax payer , she was n't because it 's pin money . |
| 5 | You could 've heard a critic smile ! |
| 6 | You 're unemployed I would n't have thought you could 've stood a hundred and fifty , two hundred pounds withdrawal . |
| 7 | Nine months and five days , you could 've had a baby by now . |
| 8 | You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today . |
| 9 | Well we could 've got a second hand one , but I mean what I 'll pay for a second hand one we might as well get |
| 10 | ‘ We could 've had a pizza in town , ’ she reminded him . |
| 11 | We could 've had a two forty video tape , it said , two forty on it and when we put it in were n't it ? . |
| 12 | Because if you achieve a hundred percent of what 's in your plan , there 's always a danger that they could 've achieved a hundred and ten percent of what was in your plan and have n't been working hard . |
| 13 | Or they could 've got a plane to Paris , nobody would have stopped them . |
| 14 | In the old days he could 've swallowed a six-pack in half an hour and then gone out and walked a tightrope . |
| 15 | 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 . |