Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] they could have " in BNC.

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1 If the investment managers had to come in they could have come in at any time .
2 ‘ In virtually every respect , I ca n't see how they could have done better . ’
3 I do n't see how they could have caused an explosion .
4 ‘ I did n't even back her under my name , so I do n't understand how they could have known . ’
5 Given the variety of motif etc. in the Broad Street , Halstock , Bacchus and Leopard and Bishopstone pavements , it is difficult to imagine how they could have grown out of the Chedworth — Tockington sequence .
6 We could n't believe how they could have been allowed out of the site office .
7 Geologists , mapping the site , found it difficult to understand how they could have been shaped by the normal forces of erosion .
8 Mrs Marston actually came to the town on the Bishop 's Castle Railway with her parents when she was a young girl , and when we formed the BCRS she told us that it is difficult to see how they could have made the move , complete with furniture , in any other way in those days .
9 Even if someone wanted to have their dog put down they could have applied for financial help . ’
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