Example sentences of "[pron] could have [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could have made contact with it at any time . |
| 2 | I could have mentioned cogito ergo sum , only I detest that shallow but influential maxim , now I 'm glad to say discarded . ’ |
| 3 | I could have got money for some of them , but that would have meant delays . ’ |
| 4 | I was huddled under a bush and it started to snow — I could have got frostbite but that did n't bother the gaffer . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose I could have got action like that if I 'd been a count , ’ she mused . |
| 6 | It was n't that I minded Fenella and I could have had fun doing a wind-up on her parents . |
| 7 | I could have had success , fulfilled my dreams . |
| 8 | ‘ He says I had the tools , the knowledge , the opportunity and the location , and he looked up those races I rode at Ascot and worked out that I could have had time between the first two and the last to drive to Maidenhead and remove Harry 's car . |
| 9 | I would have liked to have gone to Venice , where there was a faculty of languages , or Bologna , where I could have read Economics and Commerce ; but the war was on , and the expense of keeping me in a distant town was beyond the means of my parents . |
| 10 | I could have found water more easily . |
| 11 | I could have won title for United — Atkinson |
| 12 | Then ye could have prepared yersel' . ’ |
| 13 | Montgomery gave a short exhalation which could have represented disbelief , frustration or simple boredom . |
| 14 | Sir James Reckitt did some amateur excavating when he lived at the manor and some stones , which could have formed church windows , can still be seen in the gardens of houses since built on the site . |
| 15 | ( 2 ) That the judge 's failure to direct the jury adequately as to the defendant 's previous good character was a material misdirection which could have caused injustice to him ; that at any stage of the trial the jury were entitled to the judge 's assistance on the facts as well as on the law , the withholding of which constituted an irregularity which might , depending on the circumstances , be material ; and that the judge had erred in failing to ascertain what the jury 's problem was and to give the requisite help ( post , pp. 166C , F–G , 167G , H ) . |
| 16 | Just before the last talks were abandoned in November , the Unionists revealed their ideas about new north-south institutions , covering common topics like agriculture , which could have limited executive power . |
| 17 | The Gulf war , which could have spelt disaster for Airtours and many other travel companies , ended quickly . |
| 18 | It sickened her that she could have made love with Tom and be able to remember nothing of it . |
| 19 | And as she worked beside Silas one question hammered to demand an answer — the question of how she could have lost control of her own emotions when she 'd known that all he needed was time to sort out his own feelings for Doreen . |
| 20 | Except , of course , she could never — ever — tell them what that folly had led to — even if , looking back , she could now honestly say that she had done nothing to provoke it , that she could have expected anger from Havvie at her changing her mind , but never that he would do as he did . |
| 21 | With nine she felt she could not tell whether or not she could have provided support at home because it was impossible to assess their home care potential while they were in an institution . |
| 22 | She could have spent quality time with her children . |
| 23 | She could have had fun out there with Kelly , even though neither of them had ever been on skis before . |
| 24 | She could have found shelter , of course . |
| 25 | She wished with all her heart she could have found contentment with him . |
| 26 | ‘ Who could have imagined doll 's house collecting would become such a popular hobby ? ’ she says . |
| 27 | None of them had been the kind of people who could have imagined devotion to a pet animal or according to it funerary rites . |
| 28 | ‘ You could have asked Grandson Richard to help us ! ’ said Gurder . |
| 29 | Of course you could have become Lord Mayor then if you 'd been an alderman ? |
| 30 | So you could have done research of er very clever nature in his back room basically ? |