Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] i could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | My first encounter with a badger , as a lad of 10 , was as exciting as I could have wished . |
| 2 | The young are more forgiving than adults , and despite the haughty isolation I had practised , I was far more accepted than I could have hoped for . |
| 3 | Well , I suppose that would have been fine if I could have gone along with it , but I was n't quite ready for that . |
| 4 | My first big chance to put money in the bank came in 1986 when Middlesex awarded me a benefit , which was meant to make sure that I could have a start in the world outside cricket once I retired . |
| 5 | All she had wanted to do was make sure her followers knew she was back on the road to recovery and fit enough to joke " the Scottish people have so amazingly walked into my heart the impact has been far more powerful than I could have imagined " . |
| 6 | And the effects were more dramatic than I could have imagined . |
| 7 | I think it 's outrageous as I could have been killed . |
| 8 | And when I was lucky enough to enjoy some rare hot weather my feet stayed as cool as I could have expected . |
| 9 | ‘ The first two weeks off were difficult because I could have fallen out of an automatic cup spot , but last week was great . |
| 10 | He was n't so effusively grateful as I could have wished . |
| 11 | ‘ It is true that I could have braved the scandal , brazened it out , ’ Theda admitted , ‘ but either fear or pride , perhaps — ’ |