Example sentences of "a [noun sg] could have be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't dare show a light — though I doubt whether a light could have been seen from the shore through the mist , and there was probably no one to see it — but I knew where things were . |
| 2 | And partly , on a more mundane level , the puzzle of how a murder could have been committed in what John Dickson Carr used to call a hermetically sealed chamber " is perhaps the most intriguing one in the detection writer 's whole bag of tricks . |
| 3 | A stranger could have been excused had he mistaken Joe for a gentleman of middle eastern origin . |
| 4 | In either case , the fact that a charge could have been brought under section 15(1) , which covers both , in no way operates to prevent the charge being validly laid as theft under section 1(1) if the prosecution can prove what they must prove , as previously described , under that subsection . |
| 5 | Yet this change did not require much expenditure or creative thought allocation as a concept could have been deployed , rather than selection . |
| 6 | She said : ‘ Considering that there are many thousands of schools and other organisations from which a delegate could have been chosen , it is certainly a great honour that St Mary 's is one of only 10 schools in the UK to be included . ’ |
| 7 | A defence of acting in her best medical interests fails : he could have tried to find a female gynaecologist , and , indeed , his female house officer had already examined the patient ; a pelvic mass could have been shown by ultrasonography ; if it was necessary to exclude pelvic disease a laparoscopy could have been performed before the appendicectomy ; it is doubtful whether the examination under anaesthesia served any purpose as tenderness could not be elicited ; and , finally , he could have asked the patient first whether an examination under anaesthesia was an acceptable compromise . |
| 8 | I am convinced , having talked to the groups , that a consensus could have been reached . |
| 9 | I doubt such a venture could have been undertaken so rapidly elsewhere . |
| 10 | It says much for his authority and persuasiveness that such a scheme could have been accepted . |
| 11 | Being wise after the event , I realise now that what I should have done was to ask the jury to retire so that a formula could have been discussed and agreed upon , which would have disposed of the matter satisfactorily . |
| 12 | The last straw — though a haystack could have been built with Headlam 's last straws — was a speech in Trafalgar Square advocating the abolition of the House of Lords , after which he was refused a licence by his bishop , for eleven years . |
| 13 | From the discussions that I have had with those groups and from some statements that I have received — I do not want to go into detail because they were confidential — I am confident that a solution could have been found which would have formed a reasoned consensus for those groups , for the interests that they represent and for the House . |
| 14 | I have had discussions with the various groups and I am convinced that a solution could have been arrived at if the Minister had arranged for collective discussions to take place . |
| 15 | Such an incident could have been handled with tact by a sympathetic procurator , but one who was weak or self-seeking could have panicked or exploited such an incident to his advantage . |
| 16 | A week later the labour master was convicted ; he was fined ten shillings and costs , although the solicitor who was defending him asked for him to be sentenced to a term of imprisonment ( in which case , an appeal could have been lodged ) . |