Example sentences of "you could [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could 've heard a critic smile ! |
| 2 | You 're unemployed I would n't have thought you could 've stood a hundred and fifty , two hundred pounds withdrawal . |
| 3 | Nine months and five days , you could 've had a baby by now . |
| 4 | You could get called a crusty band , it does n't matter what type of music you play . |
| 5 | For example , if you had n't spent so much on a ‘ super duper ’ multi-flange guitar pedal , you could have made a profit by having more band T-shirts on sale at your gigs . |
| 6 | Erm you asked about the cottage and the amounts , yeah there was you could have asked a bit more perhaps about the tax there but otherwise you 're very good . |
| 7 | You could have built a substantial career . ’ |
| 8 | As Merrill looked at him questioningly , he went on , ‘ Knowing , by then , just how you felt about the circumstances of Elise 's death , you could have done a lot of damage . ’ |
| 9 | that you could have done a bit more last year |
| 10 | You could have heard a pin drop if anyone in the room had dropped one . |
| 11 | There was a pause in which you could have heard a pin drop — if you could have heard anything over the machine noise which had so invaded their senses that it had the quality of silence . |
| 12 | Well you could have heard a pin drop . |
| 13 | Well , the people were so impressed they , you could have heard a pin drop in that hall , and he really in our Welsh way he put it over proper you know and erm the Chairman made a quite a nice remark in the end he said , Now he said we must remember these two fellows here , I said , They are Welsh and they speak Welsh as their first language they do n't speak it for fancy they use it every day and he said I think they 've done exceedingly well er to come down here and give us the Because what happen I was sit in the front row and somebody asked me a question and he said , Perhaps er Dafydd there can answer . |
| 14 | Suddenly you could have heard a pin drop , which is enough to make anyone feel self-conscious . |
| 15 | You could have heard a pin drop . |
| 16 | ‘ You could have heard a pin drop , ’ recalls Mr Rusby , of Linden Road . |
| 17 | ‘ Are you aware that you could have caused an accident — a serious accident ? |
| 18 | You could have bought an ITV franchise for less . |
| 19 | On one occasion the door to his bedroom was left open and if you had passed along the corridor you could have caught a glimpse of the Collector , slumped on his bed , haggard and ginger-whiskered , the very picture of despair . |
| 20 | Surely , however busy you were , you could have got a message through ? |
| 21 | You could have got a T V or listened to the radio . |
| 22 | West Ham boss Billy Bonds said : ‘ You could have driven a coach through our defence tonight . ’ |
| 23 | You could have driven an articulated lorry up the leg . |
| 24 | You could have had a gap of many years since you worked . |
| 25 | ‘ You could have had a hundred casual affairs , and I 'd have adjusted to them somehow and tried to make you fall in love with me , but the thought that you 'd loved someone else and still loved him , because it seemed to have gone on over the years , periodically resumed … |
| 26 | Why , you could have had a career in modelling or something … ’ |
| 27 | With your qualifications you could have had a much better job , a better salary . |
| 28 | Pity she ca n't go as well , you could have had a quiet weekend . |
| 29 | He said for the money we spent here you could have had a percentage off . |
| 30 | You could have had a paddle like this |