Example sentences of "they could have [vb pp] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sharpe reckoned it could not take the enemy longer than an hour to overrun the fragile line of Dutch-Belgian troops , and in one further hour they could have fortified the crossroads to make them impassable to the British . |
| 2 | Anger flared , for surely they could have dressed the poor thing better . |
| 3 | If Hereford had made more of their chances they could have hit the headlines |
| 4 | Buyers who have paid high prices do not discover that they could have obtained the same goods at lower prices ; sellers who have sold for low prices do not discover that they could have obtained higher prices . |
| 5 | They could have accepted the arguments of the prosecution and the apparent evidence of the video footage and convicted the four Los Angeles police officers . |
| 6 | They could have snatched the game with some better finishing . |
| 7 | There was therefore no need for them to decide whether and by what powers they could have handled the matter if they had thought that there was any merit in either of them . |
| 8 | Powerful , calloused , sunburnt , they could have twisted the white swan neck of Lady Eleanor as easily as a twig . |
| 9 | If they had been younger , they could have scaled the Rockies in this high-stepping habit . |
| 10 | But I did feel that perhaps they could have bent the rules a little . |
| 11 | The thecodonts started off small , so their surface areas were large in comparison with their volume ; they could have felt the cold more , and a heat-transmitting skin was a liability . |
| 12 | I would rely on Mr Yeltsin and Mr Gorbachev that the only possible way in which they could have reached the eminence they have today is through membership of the party . |
| 13 | However , it seems likely that they could have given the 1968 Act a more liberal interpretation since it merely requires a local authority to provide sewerage wherever it can but within the bounds of reason and by no means universally . |
| 14 | They could have filled the cellars of Masham with McEwans 80/ and Youngers No. 3 from Edinburgh or with the new Theakstons-on-Tyne which the locals declare is a far inferior brew . |
| 15 | Mrs Marston actually came to the town on the Bishop 's Castle Railway with her parents when she was a young girl , and when we formed the BCRS she told us that it is difficult to see how they could have made the move , complete with furniture , in any other way in those days . |
| 16 | He says that they could have turned the company around . |
| 17 | The desert was an unforgiving place , but their training had equipped them to cope , when at any time they could have taken the easy way out and walked down to the coast road to surrender . |
| 18 | ‘ They could have climbed the walls ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ They could have filmed The Good , The Bad And The Ugly here , ’ I quipped . |
| 20 | Although it was a great coup for the KGB , once the pair got to Moscow it is hard to see what they could have told the Russians that was not already known or made any great difference to East-West relations . |
| 21 | But not even they could have expected the rigours of Wendover Woods next to RAF Halton . |
| 22 | Had the French taken proper advantage of their unexpected victory , it is possible that they could have reversed the way the war seemed to be going . |
| 23 | Their torches barely penetrated the gloom , but they could have laid the charges by feel in complete darkness : all their training was paying off . |
| 24 | They could have set the world alight . |
| 25 | If her marriage had to be mentioned at all — and she did n't see why it was even necessary , it had absolutely nothing to do with her work as a book illustrator — then at least they could have got the facts straight , and described her as separated . |
| 26 | And they could have got the fish and chips on the way back could n't they ? |
| 27 | Still , the idea that they could have had the kind of torrid relationship that leads to murder was another matter . |
| 28 | Er indeed the directive was promulgated as the minister said but I do n't think it was a bolt out of the blue , it was of course something that we around for some considerable time before that and of course that excuse hardly applies to the delay in establishing the European parliamentary constituency committees , er as the minister er will know very well , it was merely a matter of seven weeks , er the excuse being that had they had another seven weeks they could have had the public inquiry stage , the reality of course was that there was plenty of time to do this in good time and in good order and without the confusion that exists now er around the candidatures and the boundaries of the existing European boundaries . |