Example sentences of "it could [verb] been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Re-released on its own it could 've been a winner , but a dodgy arcade section that feeds in dud results makes the game unplayable — what 's the point in managing a team that gets a goalless draw every week , whatever you do ? |
| 2 | ‘ It could 've been a life , ’ I said . |
| 3 | you might 've er I mean you did it right , it could 've been a bit stronger though , a bit more punch to it , er punch is n't the right word erm , you know , well okay look what I 'm really asking for Dave is your help , you know , when people ask you to help what would you normally do , you 'd help would n't you ? |
| 4 | Laidlaw knew he could be overreacting from lack of sleep — it could have been a plan to try and break him down : a voice , no face . |
| 5 | Erm it it could have been a problem if we 'd have both been so me materialistic that we wanted to keep everything we 'd got hold of you know . |
| 6 | The lips parted ; it could have been a smile . |
| 7 | It could have been a variant on the banana sign . ’ |
| 8 | Or it could have been a trick of the light . |
| 9 | Well it could have been a cheque for a |
| 10 | For a moment , it could have been a second only , he sat rigidly gazing down at his clasped hands . |
| 11 | It could have been a laugh , it could have been asthma . |
| 12 | But it could have been a strike . |
| 13 | It could have been a motorcycle crash . |
| 14 | If Ralph Glaber 's information on the assistance sent to the Normans by Cnut is correct , it could have been a staging-post on a journey south . |
| 15 | It could have been a cover-up though . |
| 16 | In fact , he holds a bronze medal , although it could have been a silver or even a gold if a ref in Los Angeles had n't acted too hastily . |
| 17 | The big house ( Brigade H.Q ) received another hit this evening , it could have been a German or British shell . |
| 18 | It could have been a number of things . " |
| 19 | And it could have been a page . |
| 20 | It could have been a wood-cutter 's cottage in an old fairy tale , Sara thought , or the first house built by a settler in the Wild West . |
| 21 | The workshop probably has its origins a little later than the saltire/interlaced square workshop already mentioned ; indeed , it could have been a product of the latter 's contact with the later phases of the " Orpheus workshop " in c. 325 . |
| 22 | It could have been a seizure or the falling sickness . ’ |
| 23 | It could have been a lot worse . |
| 24 | It could have been a lot worse . |
| 25 | ‘ We were just shocked after the robbery but felt that it could have been a lot worse and no great harm had been done to anybody . |
| 26 | School terms in Annapolis , and holidays in the White Mountains , it could have been a lot worse . |
| 27 | ‘ It could have been a lot worse ; but I 'm sorry about the penicillin . ’ |
| 28 | It could have been a lot more brightly lit . |
| 29 | It could have been a lot worse , it 's not going to hold me up too much . |
| 30 | The damage will run into thousands of pounds but the couple who live here say it could have been a lot worse . |