Example sentences of "could [verb] been [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clouds could have been at any height from fifty feet to six miles . |
| 2 | Could have been on that boardwalk thing that we spoke about just across the road . |
| 3 | She became aware at an early stage that there was an entirely different way of life available not far outside Baldersdale , perhaps more appealing to her , but it could have been on another planet . |
| 4 | This book is useful but could have been of more value if it had been more clearly grounded in practice . |
| 5 | She had said it was her niece because the girl was young and had black hair and because who else but Nora Fanshawe could have been in that car with her parents ? |
| 6 | I do n't think that chair could have been in that book Brian . |
| 7 | They were n't twins , but they could have been in some respects , she realised . |
| 8 | At the time of the lobby revolt , ‘ No one could have been in any doubt that if they went over to [ the rebel papers ' ] side , they would cook their goose with Number Ten . ’ |
| 9 | Yet he got off to a good start against New Zealand , and no one in England could have been in any doubt that even without Lloyd around their heroes were in for a tough time . |
| 10 | There was a small desk , a lined pad , a tea mug holding a pencil and two pens , a stack of train and airline schedules , and a few pieces of personal clutter that could have been in any room in the house . |
| 11 | Erm , although I think Helena Landless could have been in this tradition do n't you ? |