Example sentences of "[noun pl] that could [adv] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pictures that could only have come from the Americans or the British , ’ Kragan answered warily . |
| 2 | The comparison between the canals and railways was most graphically drawn by Mr W.F. Martin of the Mountsorrel Granite Company , one of the companies that could conceivably have benefited much from an improved canal , when giving evidence to the Royal Commission of 1906 . |
| 3 | After that , there was a series of horrific , shaming cameos that could only have come from the unconscious . |
| 4 | When she play-fought with Elie , Billy 's mongrel dog , Harriet actually pulled her punches when unleashing swipes with her paws that could easily have crushed the dog 's skull . |
| 5 | They won it clearly after Spence and McCloskey were out-pointed on decisions that could easily have gone the other way . |