Example sentences of "but he could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Stringer now appears relatively safe , but he could have been the victim of his own success . |
| 2 | AB : The achievement of his later works is staggering , of course , but he could have gone on and developed who knows where . |
| 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 | So what 's Yeah but he could have turned round and said No , so what 's he actually done ? |
| 5 | To keep a base , yes , and what could be an isolated one , surrounded by farmland , yes — but he could have bought some other , without any history . |
| 6 | Not that we worried about that per se , but he could have been carrying our wages . |
| 7 | He was speaking about Yugoslavia — but he could have been talking about the appalling scenes in Somalia or other parts of Africa . |
| 8 | But he could have done something quite dramatic and significant there . |