Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] could have [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You mean I could have been discussing it with some of your clients , like the Contessa Mantero ? ’ |
| 2 | The prosecution says it belonged to Westmore James , the defence say it could have been owned by Ian Barnes and Westmore James had been acting inself defence . |
| 3 | Part of the problem lies in the fact that much of this produce is exported and therefore land which could have been utilised to feed a domestic market is supplying an overseas population . |
| 4 | I buy a cup of tea so thin it could have been made by Rachel 's landlady , and I stare out through a steamed-up café window across the cold empty promenade . |
| 5 | Looking at the terms of the agreement as contained in the letter from Hunter 's attorney , and the receipt , it is manifest that the payment was not made in discharge of the plaintiff 's rights against all other parties ; and the result of the whole is , that it does not operate as a release , or matter which could have been pleaded as an accord and satisfaction , but amounts merely to an engagement not to sue Hunter , which can only be pleaded by himself ; if the action , therefore , had been brought against two parties , it would not have been a discharge to both . |
| 6 | For all we know she could have been made away with . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I suppose he could have been done in somewhere else and then carted up there . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose he could have been drugged . ’ |
| 9 | But I mean it could 've been made a bit bigger than that could n't it , for the seat |
| 10 | I mean it could have been done if we 'd got a go-ahead . |
| 11 | ‘ From the position of the body I think he could have been sitting on the edge of the bed . |