Example sentences of "she could have [vb pp] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no way she could have turned her back on Suzie : charming , vivacious , affectionate Suzie . |
| 2 | She could have saved her breath , for , clearly not interested in her protest that there was no need , he intimated a place on a column by the door where she should put up her foot — and stood by , waiting none too patiently . |
| 3 | She could have called his bluff and told him to drop dead , but there was just a chance he might ditch her : and then all that spade work would be for nothing . |
| 4 | She could have escaped his hold if she 'd really wanted to . |
| 5 | ‘ She could have shared my cabin , ’ he pointed out . |
| 6 | She could have drawn her gun , walked up to them all , and killed them all quickly . |
| 7 | If she could have wiped his memory as well as her own , she 'd have done it without any hesitation , and at whatever cost . |
| 8 | Whether this was Islamic modesty was hard to tell — she could have got her shift stuck in a tree-trunk . |
| 9 | She could have , easily ; she could have forgotten her head after last night ! |
| 10 | A pretty little thing like her , with her picture in the papers — she could have had her pick of men . |
| 11 | She could have had her pick , that one . |
| 12 | ‘ She could have had his body taken back to Liverpool and buried at home , ’ Maureen said . |
| 13 | ‘ But ye promised it was the last , ’ Winnie said , the drunken Rab ; and she could have pulled her hair and needed a pee but was frightened to leave Rab alone . |
| 14 | She could have told her guest that the midges were like little piranhas of the air ; but she had n't , and now Betty had found out for herself . |
| 15 | His instructions had been so clear , and so often repeated , that Leonora felt she could have found her way blindfolded in the dark . |
| 16 | And the windows on the ground floor at least were too high to reach , otherwise she could have sacrificed her sweater to hang out like a flag of distress . |
| 17 | If she could have admitted her folly at the beginning it would have been all right , but the longer it went on the harder it became . |
| 18 | She could have bitten her tongue off , letting herself be carried away like that . |
| 19 | She could have bitten her tongue . |
| 20 | She could have bitten her tongue the moment the words left her mouth . |
| 21 | She could have bitten her tongue out for asking it . |
| 22 | As soon as the words were out , she could have bitten her tongue , but it was too late . |