Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] a [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just wonder whether erm I think that stool there might have been better to have her sitting on that one , not quite so high up and she could have adopted a more comfortable pose and she would n't have needed another prop for her foot . |
| 2 | Well if you asked me that ten or fifteen years ago I think I could have given a rather easy answer erm namely that development studies was concerned with the problems of countries in Africa , Asia and Latin America , and how they could erm accelerate their economic , social and political development to provide better living standards for all their population . |
| 3 | Election experts could legitimately point to the fact that a system of proportional voting could have given a very different result . |
| 4 | We could have had a perfectly civilised meeting , and not this — ’ |
| 5 | With your qualifications you could have had a much better job , a better salary . |
| 6 | She could have chosen a quite unsuitable family for you , and the social workers would have taken you away . |
| 7 | For example , Pete Coleman had to carry a shooting-stick for Greg Norman to sit on in the 1982 Australian Open , and in Zambia a caddie I saw on my Safari Tour travels carried an extra that could have proved an even bigger life-saver than the carrots that are pulled out of the bag by Sam Torrance 's caddie Malcolm Mason ( the carrots are supposed to calm Sam down on the greens ) : the Zambian caddie was carrying President Kaunda 's bag in a pro-am , and surreptitiously tucked away was a gun , just in case somebody tried to assassinate the golfing president while he decided on a four- or a five-iron . |