Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I , I and you could 've done with a queen . |
| 2 | but erm I think she could 've done with a bit of company . |
| 3 | I could 've done without the naughty words in the scrolly , but this is a minor niggle ( prude ! — Ed ) — Dutch Breeze 1 & 2 are mighty fine demos . |
| 4 | Er Harry Truman could 've run for the presidency in nineteen fifty two but chose not to . |
| 5 | You mean they could 've , they could 've gone for the Soviet style collectivization ? |
| 6 | and could 've gone round the corner for |
| 7 | Apart from that they could 've sat on a wall and done exactly the same thing , she was in the street . |
| 8 | He could 've come in the shop and bought them , yeah . |
| 9 | It was his hope that whereas an essentially Ukrainian background would rule behind the front door of their home , his son could become assimilated into the society that had adopted his flotsam parents . |
| 10 | In cementing the basis of the Führer 's pivotal position , the ‘ Hitler myth ’ had been instrumental in establishing a situation in which the traditional élites could become outflanked by the specifically Nazi élites . |
| 11 | His only fear is the region could become trapped in a cycle of boom and bust . |
| 12 | Away to the north , curving smoothly , stretched a branch line that Holly could see illuminated by the arc lights . |
| 13 | Olomouc is full of churches , huge and chillingly ornate , freezing inside and as far as I could see deserted during the week . |
| 14 | After each such movement , the small old woman , not stiff , but poised , erect and in good rhythm with her horse , responded with minute disposition of hand , leg or body weight which the informed eye could see reflected in the horse 's performance . |
| 15 | That trip must have revived Nicolae 's memories of his time in Stalin 's Moscow , but the frenzied adulation of Mao surpassed anything that Ceauşescu could have witnessed in the Soviet Union . |
| 16 | Alternatively the committee could have served as a scapegoat if Pomgol activities had failed completely . |
| 17 | The butcher — a distinguished-looking man who could have served as a model for Mr Micawber and had , also , his turn of phrase . |
| 18 | If they had wanted to fly supersonic jets for a living , they could have applied for the RAF 's pilot training scheme — you have a one in six chance of passing that . |
| 19 | Without this rescue , GPA could have landed in the hands of examiners under Irish law ( a tougher version of America 's chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings ) . |
| 20 | Pity it was n't in the national newspapers because my lawyer said I could have retired on the proceeds . |
| 21 | This is , of course , wrong as we could have guessed on the basis of our experience with forces acting upon capacitor plates . |
| 22 | At her side , introducing her to people , encouraging her to elaborate on some of her ideas for the future , Luke was urbane , expressing only suave approval , and no one could have guessed at the personal contempt he felt for her , not a hint of it — or anything else personal either — allowed to show through his sophisticated public manner . |
| 23 | Although , at that moment I could have done with a little less myself . |
| 24 | ‘ I could have done with a hand . ’ |
| 25 | Her red suit was smart , but too bright a colour for her pale English pink and white skin , her brown hair could have done with a wash and her nails were ragged and bitten . |
| 26 | He could have done with a saw . |
| 27 | I think he could have done with a general chapter on the French State , which would have placed Diderot more firmly in his times and made clearer the difficulties he encountered . |
| 28 | I could have done with a little more natural variation in the sound , but seeing that all Kirk is probably going to do with it is leave it on the neck pickup , knock all the middle off at the amp and turn it up to an excruciating volume , it does n't have to be the most variable guitar in the world . |
| 29 | The little devils could have done with a firm hand ! ’ |
| 30 | I could have done with a few . |