Example sentences of "it could [adv] [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not only was it the first death , but it could easily have been little Enoch , or Jane . |
| 2 | In the event it was Alaska which became the 49th State of the Union ( in 1959 ) but it could easily have been Coca-Colonial Britain . |
| 3 | It could just have been bad luck . ’ |
| 4 | It could not have been easy to hump awkward loads up and down the wobbly death trap . |
| 5 | It could not have been easy for these men to deliver flocks and herds safely to their destination and the advent of motor transport must have been a blessing to animals . |
| 6 | His recovery from ‘ giddiness ’ was so complete that it could not have been real . |
| 7 | It could n't have been far from where he was standing now , though he would n't have been able to say where exactly . |
| 8 | It could n't have been easy . |
| 9 | It could n't have been easy . |
| 10 | It could n't have been easy for her , a young unmarried mother , coming back to Ireland . |
| 11 | ‘ We do n't know how long he 's been dead , ’ murmured the Marshal , ‘ though it could n't have been long , he was n't … |
| 12 | ROS : ( Relaxes ) It could n't have been real . |
| 13 | Also engineers are singled out here as the culprits when it could well have been social ( and technically incompetent ) scientists ! |
| 14 | He points to a single red blossom that quivers on a nearly invisible thread attached to a garland of synthetic butterflies and rhinestone-dotted flowers — a bizarre piece of headgear so tacky it could only have been custom-made . |