Example sentences of "[vb past] [pron] could [adv] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once Phoebe had started playing chess regularly again she realised she could probably have become considerably better than him quite quickly , but she did not want that enough to work on it . |
| 2 | Mr Rampton read extracts from Sir Anthony Eden 's May 1945 diaries which Lord Aldington agreed showed he could not have had dinner with the minister on 25 and 26 May as he had claimed . |
| 3 | It is unlikely that when they signed they could ever have had the slightest hope of achieving such a reduction . |
| 4 | They were so free in expression she wondered if they had been read at all by his parents but presumed they could hardly have escaped their eye . |
| 5 | She could barely breathe , her heart pounding so hard that she had to shout shakily , ‘ Because I knew it meant you could n't have married me for my father 's company , and I wanted to find out why you 'd lied about it . ’ |
| 6 | So far as she could recall , she had seen no reviews but then , of course , she knew she could easily have missed them in the interstices of choosing wallpaper , driving down to Hillmarden , overseeing decorators , interviewing nannies , buying a layette and all the hundred and one other things with which she was continually being confronted . |
| 7 | He drove so smoothly and the tyres hummed so pleasantly on the tarred road that she knew she could easily have slept . |
| 8 | She herself knew she could not have made much of a showing , bulky as she was , wearing the Peter Robinson gown , let out at the seams , her state disguised only by a light scarf . |
| 9 | But she knew she could n't have gone and left Jeff in such a fix . |
| 10 | Lisa knew she could never have managed without her . |
| 11 | Had it not been for his desire to sound Eleanor out on the subject of Liza , he felt he could easily have done so . |
| 12 | He felt a sense of guilt but at the same time knew he could never have spoken to her anyway . |
| 13 | He knew he could really have done with a saw . |
| 14 | He thought he could n't have heard right . |
| 15 | The strong-bodied American , with his rugged features , had spoken with a quiet simplicity ; and as he 'd watched him and heard him , Morse thought he could well have enjoyed a pint with the fellow . |
| 16 | Had the man not have defended himself as well as he did he could well have received very serious injuries . |
| 17 | warm water , and then put Savlon cream on it , vet said you could n't have done any better , cos he gave him an antidote , before I new what it was I would have given him funny itching rash that was making the poor soul |
| 18 | So he said you could n't have done ! |
| 19 | She always said she could n't have gone to Brownies at all if she had n't been able to cycle , for the distance was too far for her to walk , and there was no bus . |
| 20 | He wished he could heartily have said as much for Sub-Prior Herluin . |