Example sentences of "he could [verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days he could 've swallowed a six-pack in half an hour and then gone out and walked a tightrope . |
| 2 | If only could have stayed behind to hear this being said , he could 've taken a lot of messages back to his friends in government . |
| 3 | Or — as Michel Debré and others recommended — he could have presented a draft constitution to the people for approval , as he later did in 1958 . |
| 4 | A very thoughtful cricketer , with a much greater knowledge of the game 's history than most players , one had the impression that he could have made a fine Test captain had the chance come earlier . |
| 5 | He realised that he was , in fact , looking at a man , so heavily clothed , hatted and booted in furs that he could have made a fortune doing tricks at the Glasgow Fair . |
| 6 | If only he could have preached conventionally he might have been accepted , and if he could have imitated the smoothness of those illustrators he admired , he could have made a living . |
| 7 | Is it not a fact that if the right Hon. Gentleman was dissatisfied with the time that would be available by way of a normal parliamentary answer , he could have opted as any Minister , with your permission , Mr. Speaker , to take that question at the end of Question time and then face proper intensive questions , or he could have made a statement ? |
| 8 | All she was capable of doing was gazing at him , hardly aware of her own nakedness , while her eyes and her mind told her that , far from having to pay for women 's favours , if Rune Christensen had been so inclined he could have made a fortune as a gigolo . |
| 9 | Piggy might have been able to save the boys ; as with his sensible , mature attitude resulting from the trauma caused by his parents ' death , he could have made a great impact on the boys . |
| 10 | Indeed , getting kitted up like a beatnik represented a self-help endeavour , of which , if he could have made an imaginative leap , Samuel Smiles himself would have been proud . |
| 11 | In fact , hindsight leads one to suggest that Jimmy came to the Palace 20 years too soon — he could have become an inspiration in Malcolm Allison 's footballing team of the mid-1970s . |
| 12 | He could have become an Olympic long-jump champion , as he 'd once broken the world record . |
| 13 | He could have waited a year before he paid the tax but he always paid it immediately . |
| 14 | Some moment when she , as a child , was on the verge of doing something wrong , and he could have fulfilled a father 's role and made her do it . |
| 15 | Minister Walsh said he could have given an identical speech . |
| 16 | His head looked like a fudge sundae I swear to God , he could have put a spoon in his ear and a maraschino cherry on his crown and looked no worse . |
| 17 | It may well be pointed out that he could have taken a safer route but this was not possible . |
| 18 | Batty recognises that he could have taken a sharper look at the derivative nature of the designs or examined some of the problems likely to face the company in the future . |
| 19 | Until now , Livingston has consistently protested total innocence of how he could have provided a positive sample in a Sports Council test just before the Games . |
| 20 | He could have found a much more durable and attractive later edition for £20-£30 . |
| 21 | If he were simply bored , I should have thought , begging your pardon , that he could have found an occupation rather more civilized than grease-monkeying in Swindon — ’ |
| 22 | He could have had a fit . |
| 23 | He could have had a hat-trick but was denied by Miklosko 's brilliant save . |
| 24 | He could have had a career in journalism or on television . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He could have had a room next door . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ He could have had a seizure . |
| 27 | ‘ He could have had a pistol as well : sensible precaution . |
| 28 | He could have had a radiographic picture within two minutes , but that was far too long . |
| 29 | As Strachan was clearly knackered at the end of it , I thought he could have had a run out for the last 10 mins or so . |
| 30 | ‘ He could have had a bit of a crush , ’ she acknowledged , ‘ but the main attraction was my career . |