Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [vb pp] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The defection of the Nevilles could have done considerably more damage to the royal affinity which had developed in the north in the 1460s . |
| 2 | The defection of the Nevilles could have done considerably more damage to the royal affinity which had developed in the north in the 1460s . |
| 3 | No other bishop could have done so much harm to Philip as Conrad . |
| 4 | Yet they could have missed out last season if the third team had been involved in play-offs . ’ |
| 5 | So we 're watching that programme , Is this Your Last Cigarette ? or whatever it were called last Sunday on the telly and I thought I 'm stupid cos in six month 's time I shall say I could have packed up six months ago . |
| 6 | Neither had she , Maggie thought , feeling she could have stood there all day gawping up at it . |
| 7 | She could have stood there all day listening to him repeat it over and over again . |
| 8 | ‘ The building could have gone up any minute , ’ said police . |
| 9 | Then I could have gone just one way — either way — and raked in the entire pot . |
| 10 | ( 68 ) Ianthe Ambrose could have gone overboard any time after 9.10 , when she was seen to leave the lecture , and on her own statement she had been no swimmer . |
| 11 | I 'd never been in the cab of a moving train before , and I felt I could have stayed there all day . |
| 12 | Indeed , there is no doubt that with appropriate cueing subjects could have recalled considerably more information about many aspects of the drive . |
| 13 | Of course , the dinosaur specialist has long recognized that some of the smaller species were fairly agile , and could have reached considerably higher speeds than the larger carnosaurs . |
| 14 | The pipe uncovered in Ballymena , the witness estimated , could have contained about nine grammes of fireworks powder . |
| 15 | Either the whole matter could have been left to disappear in limbo , as it might well have done , or counsel and the judge could have discussed how any harm done could be cured in the summing up . |
| 16 | Such control over world oil prices could have had very unpleasant effects on the economies of the developed world , turning the danger of global or regional recession into a chronic threat . |
| 17 | I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant . |
| 18 | The bad year in question could have had unusually severe winter weather but , even without information on this , figures from adjacent ( and therefore similarly affected ) states would provide controls . |
| 19 | The introduction of computer support could have had significantly different effects on the service providers and on the users , and the Needs Analysis was carried out using a different questionnaire for each generic group . |
| 20 | The sad thing is that we could have got more conclusive results . |
| 21 | From the same shop he could have picked up enough straps and buckles and ties to restrain King Kong . |
| 22 | There were also reports that some had jumped on the trains as they passed through East Germany , or that the numbers could have included previously uncounted children . |
| 23 | Erm there are days , occasions that could have sparked off major confrontation with the trade unions binding , the members binding themselves together to protect the interests of one of their colleagues . |
| 24 | I 'd like confirmation that he 's as crippled as he appears to be , because , much as I 'd like to , I can think of no way in which a man in his apparent condition could have pulled off this murder . ’ |
| 25 | It was one of those rare occasions when a covert operation could be examined in the full glare of publicity and it showed what a foolhardy idea it was from the start for , even if Crabb had returned safely , it is unlikely he could have brought back enough information to have justified the risk in the first place . |
| 26 | He would admit , when brought to it , that the bulldog policies of this Niccolò had achieved what he himself , had he cared , could have brought about several years ago , with some small application . |
| 27 | We have erred I think in several instances to try and give a margin of flexibility er I think if we 'd really tried hard to follow a policy of restraint within the assumptions of this model , we could have produced even lower figures than we have . |
| 28 | The marvel of the Massinghams was that a lineage going back five hundred years could have produced so many generations of amiable nonentities . |
| 29 | No one seems to have asked whether the Staff College could have taken on this job , but then again such anti-intellectualism is apparent even in the Bramshill Scholars ' Association . |
| 30 | In any event , as a businessman , he could have taken out professional indemnity insurance against the risk without difficulty . |