Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [be] happy " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would have been much better if I could have been happy working at the forge . |
| 2 | But for his guardians and his lack of friends , he could have been happy here , he thought as he went round the front of the car to open the door for Madeleine . |
| 3 | If only it had left us alone , we could have been happy , we could have gone on being happy . |
| 4 | Now he had met her again , he found a different woman — and the one who was now emerging was the one with whom , ironically , Amotju could have been happy . |
| 5 | None of them could have been happy at that time . |
| 6 | He finally finds contentment in living a basic life and repaying Joe what he owes him and he soon realises that he could have been happy staying with Joe in the forge . |