Example sentences of "but [pers pn] could [adv] have been " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But she could never have been like me with an audience . ’ |
| 2 | But she could still have been there . ’ |
| 3 | Here , I used four different designs as they add interest , but they could easily have been four matching designs . |
| 4 | He was castigating the new Royal Shakespeare production , Peter Brooke 's US , on the war in Vietnam , but he could almost have been talking about the magazine . |
| 5 | In the event it was Alaska which became the 49th State of the Union ( in 1959 ) but it could easily have been Coca-Colonial Britain . |
| 6 | No donor 's name is even hinted at but it could easily have been Lance Henly . |
| 7 | Not only was it the first death , but it could easily have been little Enoch , or Jane . |
| 8 | It surprised me but it could easily have been tiredness from being out so long . |
| 9 | you could see it like , er but it could easily have been filled in with some wood and nobody would know it was there , yeah |
| 10 | He sounded nervous , but it could just have been his telephone manner . |
| 11 | But it could also have been just an ordinary large cloud , ’ said Markku Konttinen of the Finnish Meteorological Institute . |
| 12 | Such a copious supply of pure water would have been beneficial to the occupants , but it could also have been the centre of a water cult . |
| 13 | He says it could be an accident , but it could also have been caused by another person . |
| 14 | It might seem unfair to pursue the Morse comparison , but it could hardly have been more strongly invited in this BBC1 thriller . |
| 15 | If only there remained some sort of plan of the former layout ; but it could hardly have been anticipated when the conversion was begun that a modern miller would be the buyer , who proposed to grind not corn but electricity . |
| 16 | Allott , also 35 , was recalled from holiday in Wales to discover his fate , but it could hardly have been a surprise as he has not regularly figured in Lancashire 's games this season . |