Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [verb] been [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could have been any girl in any photograph . |
| 2 | She could have been any age , for though her face was weathered by the sun , no wrinkles marred her face . |
| 3 | Melanie wondered how old she was but there was no way of telling ; she could have been any age between twenty-five and forty . |
| 4 | Just as , er just as well you did n't go out because erm you could have been half way out there in the plane or whate when erm |
| 5 | It could 've been any doctor , and it might not 've been a stethoscope . |
| 6 | Their relationship was civilized and uncomplicated , and she wished it could have been that way too for Vi and Jane . |
| 7 | but it could have been any hour of the day |
| 8 | Apart from that it could have been any accident on an urban road . |
| 9 | It could have been any Yorkshire farmhouse kitchen , except that there was no sign of cooking , and no farmer sitting at the table . |
| 10 | It could have been any letter . |
| 11 | He was describing Denis Law but it could have been this era . |