Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] from a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Insp Rodgers said : ‘ It seems this could have stemmed from a dispute over parking . ’ |
| 2 | In both these cases the alleged negligence was that of the medical staff at a hospital , but , as the decided cases show , it could have arisen from a range of other contexts , for instance from negligent driving of a motor vehicle or negligence on the part of a railway company or tramway company in respect of a train or tram in which the mother of the child was travelling as a passenger while pregnant . |
| 3 | His shiny black coat could have come from a labrador and there was a suggestion of terrier in the pointed nose and priced ears , but the long string-like tail and the knock-kneed fore limbs baffled me . |
| 4 | We disembark , walking down the rusting ramp over white cockleshell sand and water so clear it could have come from a tap . |
| 5 | My feet were secured by a length of electric cable which could have come from a table lamp . |
| 6 | Although he was obviously placed carefully on to the sofa , the freshly pomaded hair is awry and could have benefited from a comb prior to being photographed . |