Example sentences of "and [vb past] [pron] could have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was so elated and relieved I could have kissed them , but immediately felt ashamed that I 'd let them see my fear . |
| 2 | The Saudis said such a protest was un-Islamic and denied it could have happened . |
| 3 | He had not expected it of her and wished he could have gone away quickly without even asking if there was anything he could do for her . |
| 4 | So he sat down again and listened to the story of the Damianis , of their life in Jaffa and of how they fled in 1948 , how David Damiani stood on the stern of the ship off Jaffa port and wished he could have turned round then and gone back to his home . |
| 5 | Athelstan asked hastily , and wished he could have bitten his tongue out the moment he spoke . |