Example sentences of "[pers pn] could have be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I could have been but I could n't have voted . |
| 2 | Do you think I could have been as I was with you if I was already heavily involved with someone else ? ’ |
| 3 | Camille knew that it could have been but understood that Sam was putting dinner off until the last possible moment in case the boy from the bistro turned up , breathless and apologetic , because his motorbike had broken down and he 'd had to walk . |
| 4 | It could have been but you found |
| 5 | No it could have been but it is n't . |
| 6 | But it could have been that the whole truck was a set-up : corral the gringos then fleece them . |
| 7 | It could have been that he was overcome with shyness , for he gazed at her almost with awe and stumbled over his words . |
| 8 | He just stood there looking out , his large leathery hands clasped tight behind his back , while Ellie wondered what on earth it could have been that Madame Gautier had said to him . |
| 9 | It could have been that someone forced him down , and held his face under . |
| 10 | ‘ I keep asking myself what it could have been that she was so keen to tell me on the phone . |
| 11 | Defence lawyer Tony Cinnamond said , however , that Wightman 's recollection of the events were hazy due to drink and it could have been that he struck her and her head banged against the wall . |
| 12 | Having said that , I do n't blame them because ‘ Ironfist ’ was n't the greatest album it could have been and ‘ Another Perfect Day ’ , well , I 've been thinking about that and I 'm sure it was n't just the album … ’ |