Example sentences of "[pron] could have [vb pp] [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 2 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 3 | Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! " |
| 4 | Nenna felt that she could have made a better hand at answering Louise if only Edward had taken the trouble to return her purse . |
| 5 | She always said she could have done a better job running the place than the Director or his boss , Controller Establishment Research and Nuclear . |
| 6 | Pity you were n't here , I could have rushed up a ticket or two and you could have explained the finer nuances . |
| 7 | We could have created a fairer system without incidentally , the problems that have been referred to in earlier debates of trying to redraw boundaries at such short notice er before the European elections . |
| 8 | With regard to the need for direct and close contact , I do not think that we could have had a clearer example of that than the visit of President Yeltsin and the very straight talking between my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and the president . |
| 9 | Whatever he wrote about Kirkwoods of past ages , no one could have written a better tribute to a family than did Thomson when he described Major Kirkwood and the rest of the present-day family . |
| 10 | Doctors hardly counted till after 1850 and no one could have foreseen the later social power of lawyers . |
| 11 | Under these conditions they could have expected a higher failure rate . |
| 12 | However , it could have hidden a greater reduction in flow in the deeper layers of the bowel wall , which may be the main site of vascular compromise . |
| 13 | It may well be pointed out that he could have taken a safer route but this was not possible . |
| 14 | Batty recognises that he could have taken a sharper look at the derivative nature of the designs or examined some of the problems likely to face the company in the future . |