Example sentences of "[adv] easily have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Others merely maintain the general atmosphere of menace and despair , while giving shape to a scene which could otherwise so easily have become itself rambling and melodramatic . |
| 2 | Two nights under the same roof as Ernie Love had , he suspected , sealed his condition , for Ernie represented the squalor and futility to which his own life could so easily have led but for the sense of purpose looking for Heather had brought to it . |
| 3 | It might so easily have turned otherwise . |
| 4 | A little owl , pretending to be just another stone on a heap of stones ; we could so easily have missed him if he had n't swivelled his head to peer in our direction at just the right moment . |
| 5 | A pretty reckless lie when you could so easily have checked , but he often demonstrates an indifference to risk . |
| 6 | Reproach mingled with anger — anger that she did not wait , anger that another man should so easily have taken the woman he loved , anger that she should be heavy with another man 's child . |
| 7 | He could so easily have hurt himself or irreparably damaged the glider but , in fact , he was very lucky and did surprisingly little damage . |
| 8 | It was shameful when he could so easily have afforded to show compassion . |
| 9 | My parents and Anne 's parents and Anne could so easily have had their holiday destroyed from the very beginning . |
| 10 | I could so easily have divided Charlie 's six per cent between Sal , Grace , and that awful Kitty , who had so obviously lied about her brother 's death . |
| 11 | Pallister recovered from early setbacks when he could so easily have drifted back into Northern League football . |
| 12 | Fame could so easily have changed little Loris Capirossi . |
| 13 | When he collapsed with brain damage during the world super-middleweight title fight he could so easily have died . |
| 14 | But this latest attack is the worst , and could so easily have resulted in a loss of life . |
| 15 | It could so easily have happened . |
| 16 | It could just as easily have gone on to Bulak bridge . |
| 17 | In the past , CPE might just as easily have stood for ‘ Continue Paying Eternally ’ . |
| 18 | In that case the beneficiaries would have been Muslims but they could just as easily have belonged to a different group . |
| 19 | And they could just as easily have hopped on a train to any other part of the country . " |
| 20 | If so , it will come to the negotiating table severely handicapped by its past history of deference : it could as easily have confronted the issue four years ago , when it would have stood more of a chance of winning . |
| 21 | A contemporary Shirvan rug , for example ( pl. 24 ) , may have been made in the Shirvan area — now part of the Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan — but it could just as easily have come from any of the Soviet weaving centres producing Caucasian-style rugs . |
| 22 | The likeable Frenchman , born in St. Chamond in 1955 , could just as easily have established himself as a professional soccer player . |
| 23 | He could , for instance , quite easily have taken Mrs Goreng aside later in the day and no one would have noticed . |
| 24 | ‘ KISS ’ IS the record that made Prince unnecessary ; it contains everything that is great about him and after he had released it , he could quite easily have gone to live on the Moon and he would not have been missed . |
| 25 | He raised one eyebrow expressively , as though to say , ‘ Oh , really ? ’ and Alyssia could quite easily have hit him . |
| 26 | He could quite easily have asked to meet me or my noble Friend the Under-Secretary of State for the Armed Forces — with whom he has been corresponding , as he said — at the Ministry of Defence , where we could have discussed the matter in a more suitable environment . |
| 27 | Nevertheless it was held that any false indication given by the retailer could not be said to be due to the act or default of Cadbury since the retailer could quite easily have compared the weights and prices of his existing stock and the new bars to see if the label ‘ Extra value ’ was justified . |
| 28 | I could quite easily have used gravy browning instead . ’ |
| 29 | The issue of homelessness is at the heart of the movie but Lane manages to integrate it within a storyline which could quite easily have walked out of a Charlie Chaplin film of 70 years ago . |
| 30 | ‘ I could quite easily have picked it up for you . |