Example sentences of "[pron] could have [verb] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I decided to go up and see me doctor 'cos at the time I ‘ ad about 600 that I could 've got me ‘ ands on . |
| 2 | If I could 've chosen I would 've got a girl more sophisticated , talk awhile , have a few drinks then screw . |
| 3 | I could have brought me watch down , I need a battery in it tt heck |
| 4 | I only got inside the front door cos it 's Tuesday night her night in the kitchen , so I went back home and he did n't half swear at me , he said you bloody well go again you want your head tested , I could have cried I thought oh well cos I did n't feel like rushing around |
| 5 | I could have sworn I caught a glimpse of Swire Sugden through the haze on the opposite side . |
| 6 | Another chilling howl and I could have sworn I smelt their hot , sour breath . |
| 7 | Since he had a lady so much more deserving than myself , I could have wished I had been of his sex and then there never would have been a more perfect friendship . |
| 8 | The other girls went together in a group but I was on my own , and I suppose someone could have followed me from the dance … |
| 9 | Nobody could have recognized me walking up Stuart Street . |
| 10 | Nothing could have stopped me . ’ |
| 11 | Back in London after that trip she said : ‘ Nothing could have prepared me for the agony of seeing countless dying children . |
| 12 | The houses looked completely different from those in Trieste , most of which were grey and severe , and although I had seen picture postcards of Venice nothing could have prepared me for what I now saw for the first time from the steps of the railway station . |
| 13 | She could have killed me if she 'd wanted to … |
| 14 | If only she could have seen me skulking around at Cliff Top , the very picture of melancholy . |
| 15 | ‘ She could have asked me . ’ |
| 16 | She could have put me down for talking |
| 17 | At another time and place she could have helped me in no uncertain manner . |
| 18 | She married and he only ever saw her once again , yet declared : ‘ She was really , really , the only being in the world who could have given me peace and rest . ’ |
| 19 | So I did it anyway cos later on you would have said well you could 've taped me if you want like you always do so I did it anyway . |
| 20 | You could 've fooled me , ’ she lashed at him on a half-sob , her arms crossing her chest while her hands made an effort to massage the shoulder soreness caused by his gripping fingers . |
| 21 | ‘ You could 've told me that inside the room , not drag me out here , ’ Duncan replied , irritated by the policeman 's need for secrecy . |
| 22 | You could 've told me to mind my own business . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm telling you , ’ she said , ‘ when I heard that big clock in the hall striking the five , you could 've knocked me down with a feather ! |
| 24 | Anyway , I found out 'oo it was , you could 've knocked me down wiv a fevver . |
| 25 | You could 've knocked me down with a feather when they tol ’ me . ’ |
| 26 | Anyway , I found out 'oo it was , you could 've knocked me down wiv a fevver . |
| 27 | Well I was gon na say you could 've dropped me off at grandma 's . |
| 28 | Well , you could have asked me could n't you ? |
| 29 | ‘ You could have killed me any time you wanted to , ’ Sheldukher sneered sadistically down at it , ‘ just by shutting down life support . |
| 30 | ROBBIE To see if you had anything , if you could have lent me something . |