Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] could [adv] [verb] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My figures could easily have been much better . |
| 2 | A scene from one of her films could hardly have been more perfectly stage-managed , the thought hovered , traitorously , while Lindsey managed to subdue an instinct to applaud . |
| 3 | I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all . |
| 4 | When his lips met hers , shock rippled through her because her conjectures could not have been further from the truth . |
| 5 | Others were part of basic research on living tissue , and their benefits could not have been realised at the time . |
| 6 | Although the pins and needles in his legs could perhaps have been from loss of blood . |