Example sentences of "[Wh pn] could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the hunt for Dinah began , police investigations have revealed the existence in Britain of almost 2,000 religious organisations , any number of whom could have had representatives or followers at the three-day pop festival . |
| 2 | Otherwise there would n't have been a chance for someone with such a large family , almost any of whom could have taken her in . |
| 3 | ‘ Who could 've put that there ? |
| 4 | ‘ Who could 've done such a terrible thing ? ’ |
| 5 | In Liverpool , a dockers ' spokesman with the Transport and General Workers Union admitted : ‘ Drivers are n't happy handling some of these commodities , but at least a lorry-driver has more idea of what he is handling than a docker , who could have a consignment and just not know what it is . ’ |
| 6 | Senna capitalised on the absence of Mansell , the one driver who could have beaten the Brazilian and wrapped up the world championship in Prost 's favour . |
| 7 | Horror stories abound : of the rogue 's law that prevented any port agent who sold directly to fishmongers from ever trading with a Billingsgate merchant again ; of the nepotism that determined who could have a stand in the market ; and of prices that varied according to who you were and whether you had a good introduction . |
| 8 | Who could have resisted Charles Voysey 's design for Oakhurst , Ropes Lane , Fernhurst in Sussex ? |
| 9 | One man who could have a busy day on Sunday if he drops in on the above conference will be Michael Billington , the theatre critic of The Guardian . |
| 10 | With Ms Doi 's passion for pachinko and the industry 's reputation for large-scale tax evasion — both public knowledge - who could have asked for more ? |
| 11 | In a flash a sniper , who could have been any gun happy soul anywhere , had killed . |
| 12 | Have you any idea who could have … ? |
| 13 | Antony Gold described the compensation proposals as excellent , particularly for BCI investors ‘ who could have been left out in the cold ’ . |
| 14 | And who could have guessed that , with said gnashers playing him up , he would have to hand over one of his duties — and that a Labour MP would be called in from the subs ' bench . |
| 15 | Who could have wanted to kill her ? ’ |
| 16 | Too young to have been inoculated themselves , the babies had caught the disease from their older brothers and sisters who could have been inoculated but had not been . |
| 17 | The butcher — a distinguished-looking man who could have served as a model for Mr Micawber and had , also , his turn of phrase . |
| 18 | I think that he , who could have had as many friends as he wished , never realized how much it meant to a lonely and friendless person to have a friend , to be seen walking with him in the rose-red streets of Salamanca , to be able to go to a concert or an art museum with him , to have him opposite me at dinner in even the meanest , cheapest restaurant . |
| 19 | She who could have managed twelve great sons , and trained a staff of servants with one hand , had only Wilson . |
| 20 | Theoretically she could also have told Fiona on the telephone who could have told Nolan or Lewis , but it was n't the sort of item one would naturally bother to pass on . |
| 21 | ‘ Being in Brighton has been beneficial to all of us , the food is good and we have trained on the Downs , ’ said Tolstikov , who could have expected more recognition at home following last year 's London win but instead found life harder , not better . |
| 22 | Is there honestly a single person in the country , the Prime Minister included , who could have dared to predict that the Conservatives would end up with the largest number of votes ever recorded in a British election ? |
| 23 | These are often animals not seen by the vet for years , who could have been saved , if seen earlier . |
| 24 | He turned to see a little girl , who could have been no more than seven or eight , sitting on the doorstep . |
| 25 | Henry could not quite work out why , since her pleasantness was not always followed by a request for money or some other favour ; perhaps she was remembering something he had quite forgotten , an incident during their courtship perhaps ( they must have had a courtship ) or a Henry , now lost to Henry himself , who could have inspired feelings such as pleasure . |
| 26 | She looked at the tyre and saw at once that even if there had been someone about who could have helped her , the tyre could n't be mended on the spot-there was a long split in the outer cover . |
| 27 | Some sort of private grudge would seem to have been responsible ; Do you know of anyone who could have wished him harm ? |
| 28 | When it repeated the words back perfectly , the bishop claimed there was no human being in the world who could have done that , and the machine 's fidelity was perfect . |
| 29 | A century or two ago , though , who could have imagined any practical benefit to mankind from such erudite and scholarly historical research as studies of the exact path of an eclipse , or painstaking measurements of the angular diameter of the Sun ? |
| 30 | But who could have seen her in the park and reported back this quickly ? |