Example sentences of "and [verb] he could have " in BNC.
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1 | Team Millar rider McWilliams , who is still looking for a 500 Grand Prix finish , had a constructive finish and felt he could have been higher in the table , but for the rain . |
2 | He says he saw his face on the television news and knew he could have been killed . |
3 | The head girl , Nikki Carmichael , who is 18 and will be participating tomorrow in the poll proper , thought he was marvellous and said he could have her vote any time . |
4 | So he sat down again and listened to the story of the Damianis , of their life in Jaffa and of how they fled in 1948 , how David Damiani stood on the stern of the ship off Jaffa port and wished he could have turned round then and gone back to his home . |
5 | He had not expected it of her and wished he could have gone away quickly without even asking if there was anything he could do for her . |
6 | Athelstan asked hastily , and wished he could have bitten his tongue out the moment he spoke . |