Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The omission is meaningless : I could well have been delighted , although I ca n't remember whether I had actually begun to think consciously about weight in terms of stones and pounds at this time . |
| 2 | I could easily have gone on . |
| 3 | Both the children have brought me through extremely difficult times when I could easily have given up . |
| 4 | I could easily have been overawed , I 've been thoroughly on edge all week . |
| 5 | ‘ I could easily have got into university . |
| 6 | Davis edged home 5-4 against Bangkok snooker hall worker Rom Shurin and said : ‘ I could easily have lost . ’ |
| 7 | We only had two days on Fregate and I could easily have spent at least a week . |
| 8 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
| 9 | I could easily have — Christ ! |
| 10 | I could easily have become a scapegoat . |
| 11 | Using traditional methods ( ie. pencil and paper ) , I suppose I could easily have got the scissors out and done the same job . |
| 12 | At one time I could easily have become a fundamentalist advocate of natural childbirth ( Reaching for certainty NI 210 ) . |
| 13 | I could neither have deviated nor run . |
| 14 | Thank you Chairman erm this is , this is er er obviously er a very important item , but I think that most of the information that it contains would already be familiar to members erm and bearing in mind that I , I 've only a moment or two ago gave a very long answer to Mr 's question when I , I could simply have said yes . |
| 15 | Fond as I was of Margaret , I could willingly have shaken her . |
| 16 | He went on and on about it until I could cheerfully have strangled him . ’ |
| 17 | I knew it was a game but I could cheerfully have strangled her . |
| 18 | If I could just have Mr. Pertwee 's address … ’ |
| 19 | Possibly I could just have another word with her |
| 20 | ‘ If I could just have a wholemeal loaf and the papers … and I need a tin of tomatoes and half a dozen eggs . ’ |
| 21 | If I 'd been doing a pukka delivery , I could just have carried straight on virtually due north and come to City Road . |
| 22 | I could surely have bluffed out the running ; it was the standing under the rod that was the important part , the critical part ; why had n't I realised that ? |
| 23 | After ten rounds of the game , I could theoretically have won as much as $5,000 , but only if you have been extraordinarily silly ( or saintly ) and played COOPERATE every time , in spite of the fact that I was consistently defecting . |
| 24 | In the event , there was little snow and I could probably have chosen a lighter fabric-and-leather boot with a Goretex or Sympatex lining . |
| 25 | ‘ If I could perhaps have your address for delivery please , Miss Milligan , ’ the chief assistant requested . |
| 26 | If I could perhaps have a picture my father painted ? ’ |
| 27 | Our respective manners proved so widely different , that it would have been quite presumptuous in me to do anything but separate from an undertaking upon which I could only have been a clog . ’ |
| 28 | I could only have believed what I have seen . |
| 29 | and so I could only have marmite or fruit to eat and |
| 30 | ‘ You mean , I could now have cancer of the lung ? ! ’ |