Example sentences of "[ex0] could [verb] been [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I am not spreading or sagging , the glow of an early sun tan had probably removed a year or two and I 've discovered that lipstick does wonders , but there could have been little doubt in his mind that I was closer in age to his mother than to him .
2 But these were the only two films he had made in seven years , and there could have been little doubt that his particular tradition of uniformed , clenched , period Englishmen had become unfashionable in America with the coming of the new realist cinema immediately after the war .
3 There could have been little expectation , especially after the war resumed in 1369 , that circumstances would again favour papal taxation : yet they did .
4 If this had been a reflection of basic principles of justice there could have been little cause for complaint , but in fact an examination of the position shows clearly that this was not the case .
5 However , I now see that there could have been less concurrence between them on this matter than I had supposed , and so I was a disappointment to both of them .
6 It has not been a characteristic of the Department of Education and Science in the past few years — The Minister seems not to accept that , but if he talked to teachers about one or two recent arbitrary changes in education provision , he might well hear the view that there could have been more consultation .
7 There could have been another car/coach/taxi coming the other way ! ’
8 That 's not to say there was n't child abuse now , I I have my own thoughts and in my own feelings feel that there could have been some child abuse especially ch sexual abuse .
9 With regard to the relics , I was prepared at least to consider the possibility that there could have been some sort of automatic response in the nerves and muscle fibres triggered by the lightning .
10 You can see where there could have been some buildings outside the main ring wall .
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