Example sentences of "[noun prp] could [adv] have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arsenal could also have had a penalty when Campbell went crashing down as Forrest challenged him in the box for a Wright through-pass , but the referee dismissed their claims . |
| 2 | The population of Easter Island could not have exceeded a few thousand , so a sizeable proportion of the men must have been employed at the quarry , carving likenesses of their deceased relatives . |
| 3 | After the majestic setting of Old Trafford , Middlesbrough could not have expected a greater contrast than Roots Hall . |
| 4 | Melanie could not have supported a laughing , singing Victoria for breakfast and Uncle Philip might have struck the baby , which would have been dreadful . |
| 5 | Sheila could not have desired a worse profession . |
| 6 | ANDY NICOL could n't have had a harder act to follow than Armstrong . |
| 7 | Mr Thomson said Mr Wilson could not have got a bus to the area where he was found , which more than a mile from a road , and he could not have walked the distance on his own . |
| 8 | Even Hazel could not have said a word for his life . |
| 9 | In his summing-up , Mr Justice Caulfield could not have evinced a more robust hostility to the Official Secrets Act , sharing a widely held belief that it was long out of date and an intolerable interference with freedom of speech , and that it provided a justification for prosecutions ranging from the serious to the grotesquely ridiculous . |
| 10 | This set Jean Powers off on a torrent of exclamations and denials so that Helen could not have got a word in had she wished to ; she stood and looked at Giles Carnaby and tried to be calm . |
| 11 | Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Mimi Rogers fill up the background prettily enough , but director Roger Donaldson could really have used a sharper script |
| 12 | SINEAD Donaghy could n't have chosen a better time to score her first goal of the season . |
| 13 | And Becker could hardly have landed a more dangerous floater with a first round match against compatriot Marc Goellner who , along with Karbacher , is part of the new wave of top German players . |
| 14 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 15 | WIMBLEDON 'S Vinnie Jones could n't have chosen a less appropriate place than Old Trafford to expound on his vision of Premier League football as a glorified hangover cure . |
| 16 | Holmes says : ‘ Steve could not have made a better start to his outdoor season and it opens up all sorts of possibilities . |
| 17 | Tim could not have made a better choice . ’ |
| 18 | Walt Disney could n't have staged a better aqua show with Azinger hooking into water , and opponent Ballesteros topping it in there after him — and failing , despite a 40-foot putt . |
| 19 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
| 20 | South America could easily have had a marsupial anteater , alongside its marsupial sabre-tooth " tiger " , but as it happens the anteater trade was early filled by placental mammals instead . |
| 21 | Hollywood could not have created a better image of the middle ages . |
| 22 | John could hardly have found a better influence . |