Example sentences of "[pron] could have be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could have had erm brown eyes instead of blue , I could have been taller or shorter , I could have been lots of different erm bodily arrangements erm and still be me , just be the same er person . |
| 2 | No , I 've arranged to rent Mr Boldwood 's farm , and I could have been your farm manager as well , if — well — if people had n't said things about us . ’ |
| 3 | I could have been anyone . ’ |
| 4 | Then Roland found a sentence which could have been something or nothing . |
| 5 | She could have been his mother , for he was the son of John Symmys of that parish , or even his relict , for he himself must have been dead by 1525 , when the Ridlington lease was granted to the duke of Richmond . |
| 6 | She could have been his way in . ’ |
| 7 | She could have been anyone , and that hurt . |
| 8 | So you see , it does n't seem likely she could have been your mother . |
| 9 | Theda paused , wondering who could have been her ladyship 's informant . |
| 10 | An old and old-fashioned gentleman — full heavy wig , long waistcoat , antique buckled shoes — was in the chaise with a girl who could have been his granddaughter . |
| 11 | ‘ You do n't think … there could have been something … dark in his past that he was trying to hide , do you ? ’ |
| 12 | They could have been his siblings . ’ |
| 13 | Most often the support band are terrible , but they could have been great and they could have been you . |
| 14 | Several people had tokens in their hands that had come out of what they hoped was a pile of ‘ blancmange ’ — there were plenty of cows in the field beforehand , so it could have been something else . |
| 15 | It could have been something wonderful , but it had to be denied . |
| 16 | The BR spokesman said : It could have been something simple like a gate left open or something sinister like vandalism . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ It could have been her , ’ Maidstone said when Sandison recounted the incident . |
| 18 | ‘ It could have been somebody else , ’ said Owen . |
| 19 | While I reacted to the general violence and inhumanity of the assault , they were thinking : it could have been me . |
| 20 | ( It could have been me , I thought . |
| 21 | So nearly — it could have been me too . ) |
| 22 | It could have been me . |
| 23 | ‘ Yeah , it could have been me , ’ I say . |
| 24 | She admitted it but that was , she had drunk more than her share , that was , it was not to be taken seriously , there were , she could n't even remember saying it , it could have been him , he was drunk was n't he , misunderstanding or even making it up , after all he had done it , not her , he had taken the boy to London , she was asleep , did n't even hear them go , he had taken the boy and left him there , OK , lost him there , easy to do in London but better find him or all hell would break loose and she was not going to carry the can , not for anybody . |
| 25 | It could have been them . ’ |
| 26 | It could have been her last name , or a state she like to exist in but I think it was a number involved . |
| 27 | It could have been her little anything . ’ |
| 28 | It could have been her leg . |
| 29 | I mean , it could have been lots worse . ’ |
| 30 | It could have been his peace . |