Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] [adv prt] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pity you were n't here , I could have rushed up a ticket or two and you could have explained the finer nuances . |
| 2 | I could n't have missed him , but I could have slowed down a bit . |
| 3 | He was sure , not only because he could have written out a set of instructions there and then , if he had had any paper , but because he could imagine all the minute details of doing those things . |
| 4 | It was impossible that anyone could have torn out a brick through the wallpaper . |
| 5 | ‘ Nobody else could have thought up a trick like that ! |
| 6 | NO Hollywood script writer could have conjured up a story to compare with the one Michael Galwey has produced and starred in . |
| 7 | And can I tell you , that if we 'd just done Covermaster , somebody could have picked up a point there . |
| 8 | If she could have picked up a rock she would have hurled it at his rotten head . |
| 9 | Kings boss Chris Kelly added : ‘ I did n't want to play at all and feel that on a neutral ground with our display against Peterborough we could have pulled off a shock win . |