Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [vb pp] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean they could 've given them a wee , a wee two bedroom around our w our way rightly . |
| 2 | I could 've told it no different . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’ |
| 4 | McGrath said : ‘ It could have done us a lot of good to have been beaten so heavily at Coventry . |
| 5 | Yeah , well I think they could have done it a bit quicker do n't you ? |
| 6 | Well I think , I would have thought they could have done it a bit quicker , the bathroom , if they wanted to . |
| 7 | Okay , well maybe we could have called it a day now . |
| 8 | You could have called it the year of their persecution : |
| 9 | You could have hit them the moment they left the house . ’ |
| 10 | It was such a freak open accident that no amount of preparation or legislation could have prevented what the boy did on that particular occasion . |
| 11 | And that , I I was , my hus , during the time mother was ill , my husband took ill , now this is where authorities do n't give you any back up , instead of sending him to hospital which was fifteen minutes by bus , I could have visited him every day they sent him to the other side of the county which only allowed a visit once a week , and meant I had to leave at twelve o'clock and get home at six ! |
| 12 | That could have made him a candidate for murder , could n't it ? ’ |
| 13 | The other event that I remember well was when my Uncle Ned could have made himself a bit of money when a bird was shot down in mistake for a grouse . |
| 14 | It remains to decide whether the Unionists would have accepted fusion if Lloyd George could have made it a real option in 1920 . |
| 15 | You could have made it a very unpleasant one for me , but you did n't . ’ |
| 16 | Mary McKenna , playing in the tournament for the 25th year , could have made it a tie by winning the bottom match but she lost the 15th and 16th to go two down , won the 17th with a big birdie putt and salvaged a half when her opponent , Fiona McKay drove into bushes at the 18th . |
| 17 | Well if you we if you knew you were gon na be sick you could have made it a bit more a different colour than that ! |
| 18 | To think they could have saved themselves the worry . |
| 19 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
| 20 | This time there was plenty of evidence that could have saved him the trouble of the trip . |
| 21 | If that 's what you 've been looking for you could have saved yourself the trouble . |
| 22 | Prime Minister John Major could have saved himself a lot of trouble if he had followed that advice over David Mellor , the former Heritage Minister . |
| 23 | ‘ If you 'd asked , I could have saved you the trouble , ’ said Connor pleasantly . |
| 24 | No , they could have cut it a bit more could n't they ? |
| 25 | Because of the missing front leg , the Collector had to sit well back and to one side ; even so , he sometimes forgot about it and , waving an arm for emphasis , narrowly avoided plunging to the floor ; this could have caused him a severe injury since the floor was some way below . |
| 26 | They could have followed us the four hours to Dieppe in the hope of picking up trade on the way back ; but that makes for a ten-hour day . |
| 27 | But poor goal kicking could have cost them a 20 – 19 win in the big game against the British Columbia U19s . |
| 28 | They could have come in and that could have cost you the ball . |
| 29 | Sarella turned in time to catch Marc 's worried glance following the reckless path of the jeep , but then he turned , and she could almost believe she 'd imagined that fleeting expression when he gave her a cynical smile and said , ‘ If it 's proverbs he wants I could have swopped him a more appropriate one . ’ |
| 30 | On the other hand , he was n't all that heavily built and a strong man — or woman , come to that — could have dragged him a short distance . ’ |