Example sentences of "could [adv] have [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Umm , err … to make it more fun for both of us , we could perhaps have dinner and you could show me how you 'd behave in a date situation . |
| 2 | We could all have rivers brimming with salmon if you wish . |
| 3 | and so I could only have marmite or fruit to eat and |
| 4 | PATIENTS in South Tees hospitals could soon have complaint forms by their bedside . |
| 5 | Having got this joke out of the way , she was then told no she could not have money for food , but she could have cash for a carpet . |
| 6 | Jean could not have children , but all their friends agreed they were very much in love . |
| 7 | The Liverpool tribunal heard that Mrs Mawdsley , of Southport , could not have children and that her sister Kimi had been successfully impregnated with her eggs . |
| 8 | At first I thought I could not have children because of my age . |
| 9 | In either case , one could not have atoms as we know them . |
| 10 | They heard from two different witnesses how Harris had told how he could not live without her and if he could not have Faye , then no one else could . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , the College could not have informants everywhere and though some funerals were based on the College 's formularies , the client ensured that the most important hallmarks of a College of Arms funeral — the funerary ‘ achievements ’ — were substituted by objects loosely indicative of them . |
| 12 | If I could just have Mr. Pertwee 's address … ’ |
| 13 | So easily did the rational fear of not being able to exchange their products so advantageously merge , for a whole generation , into the absurdity of supposing that they could somehow have access to a source of wealth other than their own production . |
| 14 | Luke found he was staring at Jake Endo 's sandals , wondering how much they could possibly have cost . |
| 15 | There is plenty of strategy here , but more heart and pain than you could possibly have room for . |
| 16 | ‘ But we could still have chaps like you taking messages back and forth , bringing tea , that sort of thing . |
| 17 | He was more approachable in those days — but life could still have surprises . |
| 18 | Then we could still have lunch . ’ |
| 19 | Once installed , a bishop could still have difficulties establishing his power . |
| 20 | The selectors , though , clearly consider that they could still have need of the towering mass of Dooley 's physical presence . |
| 21 | Well I mean er we could always have raffles ourselves anyway ! |
| 22 | He asked if he could also have bonus money for the people below who had also contributed to his efforts . |
| 23 | ‘ You mean , I could now have cancer of the lung ? ! ’ |
| 24 | Why could n't Wilson stand up to the allies , why could n't had stand up to Clements or Lloyd George , in particular ? |
| 25 | ‘ But I could n't have surgery till after the baby is born could I ? ’ |
| 26 | He could n't have attachments — not really . |
| 27 | What Barry says is simply this that suppose we accept the point that authority structures are now necessary , that we could n't have anarchy we have to have |
| 28 | A miracle had happened but the miracle had fallen flat because you could n't have miracles these days , because nobody cared , not even a clergyman . |
| 29 | I could n't have Cal thinking this creature had anything to do with me — I 'd have to explain I was only using him to threaten Mum and Dad with . |
| 30 | Then Monks said he could n't have Oliver killed because suspicion would point to himself . |