Example sentences of "they could have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh they , now they could 've been . |
| 2 | No it 's erm , on , on Monday , on Monday morning they could 've been working |
| 3 | Well why did n't they get a mile away from where they put that money they could 've , they could 've been planned it away , a mile away all |
| 4 | But they could 've been talking about something personal and we would 've heard everything they said . |
| 5 | They could have been contained . |
| 6 | Most often the support band are terrible , but they could have been great and they could have been you . |
| 7 | Most often the support band are terrible , but they could have been great and they could have been you . |
| 8 | But its efforts were , in the words of a recent scientific report commissioned by Mr Reilly , ‘ inconsistent , unco-ordinated and … less effective than they could have been . ’ |
| 9 | It would have been nice to have had somebody so that they could have been turned on together by the faint giggles and murmured conversation coming from upstairs . |
| 10 | From here she could get a glimpse of the houses : ‘ luxury ’ newly-built bungalows , double garages , big picture windows , young trees , landscaped gardens with lawns so smooth and green they could have been carpets . |
| 11 | They could have been made by the same craftsman . |
| 12 | In the ‘ prostitution ’ lesson , instead of being in role as the ‘ other poor people ’ sharing the girl 's life , they could have been social workers , town councillors or students on a counselling training course . |
| 13 | They could have been the same young Russians we had met 4,000 miles away in Fairbanks only the day before . |
| 14 | In addition , about 20 per cent of projects , mostly larger than average , had little or no additionality ; that is , they could have been implemented by the private sector alone . |
| 15 | Such heavy particles can not be created at even the highest energies particle accelerators can reach , but they could have been produced copiously in the aftermath of the big bang , with which , cosmologists generally believe , the Universe began . |
| 16 | They could have been sentenced to five years in prison . |
| 17 | Two men had escaped the inrush but had been trapped in a long section of roadway ; they had lived together in the pitch dark and freezing cold for about 8 days , until overcome by poisonous gas ; there was no way in which they could have been saved in time had their position been known . |
| 18 | Our parents may not have been Christian , or even if they were they could have been the victims of some erroneous ideas or traditions . |
| 19 | He argued that teenagers were wasting their opportunities at Dovercourt , keeping the futile hope alive that they would be adopted by rich families and lead a fine life , when they could have been using their time to constructive purpose . |
| 20 | The above-mentioned aerodromes are only two I have selected , but they could have been any of many in both countries . |
| 21 | They could have been caught while young and retained in captivity , and as the result of hand-feeding and regular handling they would eventually have become quite domesticated . |
| 22 | They could have been painted from picture postcards and probably were . |
| 23 | Without in any way contradicting himself he continues : ‘ They could have been warm-blooded , highly active creatures ( with a fully divided heart ) , without any of the costs associated with being an endotherm . ’ |
| 24 | The ‘ rope ’ binding around the front and headstock is very tasty , as are the snowflake fingerboard inlays ( although they could have been installed straighter ) but I 'm not at all sure about the classical-style rosette complete with touches of green and fluorescent pink . |
| 25 | If Levitation dropped at least three songs from their set tonight they could have been dynamically interesting instead of sparsely tedious , but at least they would n't get invites to a House Of Love musical appreciation party . |
| 26 | They could have been attacked by Indians ; they could have run out of food and water and suffered a terrible death by starvation . |
| 27 | A spokesman said they could have been trying to race the MG . |
| 28 | They could have been writing under Stalin : ‘ Life in blocks of apartments … means living under the close scrutiny of your neighbours . |
| 29 | ‘ I thought the shows were often not as good as they could have been . ’ |
| 30 | Recently he had begun to suspect they would like him to leave and , if they could have been sure of finding a substitute fourth , would have asked him to do so . |