Example sentences of "and [pron] could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | We left as darkness was descending on that foreboding place and nothing could have made us stay or convinced us that there was not something awful waiting in the station . |
| 2 | The crowd was full of pickpockets , as I pointed out to him , and I could have easily said , well , I am sorry Oscar , but you know it is one of the risks here . |
| 3 | So I was thinking , when you go she could move into my room and I could have yours . ’ |
| 4 | He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days . |
| 5 | In these verses , and I could have easily quadrupled them , we are presented with the idea of Christ dying for us . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've worked out now that I 've hit the woodwork 10 times this season , so two inches either way and I could have had 14 goals instead of four , ’ he lamented . |
| 7 | Cutting that over the numbers had me down and stopped well before the first intersection , a distance of around 400 metres , and I could have done much better if I 'd heaved on the brakes , which are single Goodyear discs with excellent stopping power . |
| 8 | ‘ I wish he 'd at least been honest with me and I could have divorced him . |
| 9 | I was turning to people I did n't know that well and confiding in them , and I could have been led down any garden path . |
| 10 | Phil : When the paediatrician come in next morning , I mean he only was in there two seconds , he looked her up and said ‘ Typical mongol ’ , either ‘ Typical mongol features ’ or ‘ Typical mongol face ’ , it was one of the two he said , and I could have killed him … |
| 11 | And unfortunately I 'd eaten a large quantity of this Afghani black and I was really bombed out and I slept half way through Jimi Hendrix and I could have kicked myself . |
| 12 | and I could have it a year diary in fact |
| 13 | No , I 've arranged to rent Mr Boldwood 's farm , and I could have been your farm manager as well , if — well — if people had n't said things about us . ’ |
| 14 | If you were n't here , Peg and I could have beaten it . |
| 15 | And I could have given you a bad one Dr I could have given you a good one . |
| 16 | ‘ My house has been broken into , my sister and I could have been in danger and all you 're concerned about is whether or not I would have shot the bastard who did it . ’ |
| 17 | Once someone in the crew told my boyfriend that a love scene I 'd done with Craig really sizzled — and I could have kicked her because it was just a scene , it was n't real . ’ |
| 18 | My father and I could have cycled , but my mother had never learnt . |
| 19 | And I think I , I would just needed to say the word and I could have been Provost myself but I did n't really feel that I would be able to control the council , I think that was my impression at this . |
| 20 | ‘ And I could have thrown it together — I 'm not completely incapable of producing a simple meal — but on this occasion , I did n't . |
| 21 | In fact there were very few guide dogs at that time and erm I 've never felt that erm it 's , I mean maybe just my erm silliness really but I , I never wanted a dog lying about all day because once at the office I stayed put as it were until it was time to go home and I could have taken the dog I suppose during the lunch hour but I preferred that time to erm to reading |
| 22 | You and I could have breakfast in bed , Ellen . |
| 23 | Another chilling howl and I could have sworn I smelt their hot , sour breath . |
| 24 | It was n't that I minded Fenella and I could have had fun doing a wind-up on her parents . |
| 25 | If you had said the word , Mam would have gone along with you and I could have had the child and had a life of my own . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd been offered a couple of things in the league , and I could have gone to Kuwait or South Africa . |
| 27 | ‘ I was in the sitting room and I could have been killed if they had come through my side , ’ she said . |
| 28 | ‘ When I read the Medau News , ‘ she says , ‘ I am completely overwhelmed with admiration at the way my Medau colleagues have created a Medau world in this country — far beyond any pipe dreams Molly and I could have had in the early years of struggle . |
| 29 | So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas . |
| 30 | On the but she said erm that she were going away and I could work , cos the lessons finish on a sa start up there on a Thursday , she said , if I work Thursday , Friday , Saturday , Sunday and I could have Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday Thursday off . |