Example sentences of "could have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You had them all the time — you trailed me round — you bloody filthy lying bastard — you poked my head into every shit-bin in Bristol — you led me up hill and down dale till my feet were dropping off — you made me steal some people 's boat — I could 've been got by the police — I might be festering in jail now — handcuffed — criminal — you do n't care , you 're criminal anyway — I would n't be surprised if you 'd murdered half a dozen innocent people and cut them up and kept their pieces stashed away in the hole where you 've been hiding my bag and my things and my money and my dreams … ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Nahh , could 've been anybody ? |
| 3 | Personally , I think she could 've been a little cleverer , lyrically . |
| 4 | I suppose I could 've been too cool ! ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Probably because , in a crossfire , some of the family could 've been killed . ’ |
| 6 | Re-released on its own it could 've been a winner , but a dodgy arcade section that feeds in dud results makes the game unplayable — what 's the point in managing a team that gets a goalless draw every week , whatever you do ? |
| 7 | On several occasions the ‘ correct ’ response was not the obvious one , so perhaps a wider variety of inputs could 've been catered for . |
| 8 | In particular Donal Lunny 's assured production allows for moments of rain-washed clarity in what could 've been a groggy hotchpotch . |
| 9 | It 's not very nice when you 're driving the vehicle and er I know you 're all experienced drivers and then you get somebody sitting there alongside you starting to look at you do , and I I you could 've been driving all your life but you still feel a bit edgy and a bit tense . |
| 10 | See how happy we could 've been . |
| 11 | ‘ It could 've been a life , ’ I said . |
| 12 | Police think it could 've been just a dirty night out . |
| 13 | There could 've been something there , someone I 'd met in the past that might open another door . ’ |
| 14 | It could 've been any doctor , and it might not 've been a stethoscope . |
| 15 | ‘ Could 've been , but nothing to suggest that it was : her prints were all over the car and nobody else 's . ’ |
| 16 | Oh they , now they could 've been . |
| 17 | Could 've been something falling over onstage , or a light-bulb blowing … but something inside me knew it was serious . |
| 18 | Oh it could 've been . |
| 19 | It has to be checked for any messages that could 've been left . ’ |
| 20 | You could 've been her daughter . ’ |
| 21 | You know I think that 's the one drawback of having a small workforce , the fact that if one sh picket did n't turn up , you know all of us on your th the force on the gate if you like was er a third of what it could 've been . |
| 22 | It would n't have mattered who , it could 've been family , friends , neighbourhood , anybody . |
| 23 | Yeah , this drug could 've been developed and refined and er gone into a lot further , but they did n't . |
| 24 | Okay you covered all that okay yeah erm I think the objection bit you could 've been a bit better on that one erm cos that was quite a sort of bad one , well you 're not too sure about sort of giving his name or his telephone number out |
| 25 | you might 've er I mean you did it right , it could 've been a bit stronger though , a bit more punch to it , er punch is n't the right word erm , you know , well okay look what I 'm really asking for Dave is your help , you know , when people ask you to help what would you normally do , you 'd help would n't you ? |
| 26 | No it 's erm , on , on Monday , on Monday morning they could 've been working |
| 27 | That could 've been disasterous . |
| 28 | If it had n't the results could 've been catastrophic . |
| 29 | The device could 've been planted as early as Saturday morning and police want to speak to anyone who went there from that time , to when the alarm was raised yesterday . |
| 30 | It could 've been abandoned , they could have moved on but maybe it was seen as a taboo place , we just do n't know . |