Example sentences of "[pers pn] could have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe I could have been offered a discount if I brought my wife next time . |
| 2 | I could have been any little old lady waiting for a relative to arrive from Holland . |
| 3 | ‘ I could have been a little hasty in my diagnosis , ’ Arty allowed with an embarrassed smile . |
| 4 | I could have been free if I were n't a coward . |
| 5 | If only I had his nerve , think of the greasy eggs and tough bacon I could have been spared ! |
| 6 | I could have been dead , for all you knew or cared . |
| 7 | Or like the time when you say , right out loud , that 's it , I could have been at home sleeping . |
| 8 | From behind I could have been a man with my hood up . |
| 9 | I was n't saving up to get married , I was n't very interested in jewellery , and clothes , which I could have been interested in , came under the category of things to look at in shop windows but not to buy , because of the very limited amount of clothing coupons one was allowed to have . |
| 10 | I realized that I could have been in deep trouble there : I came close to inflicting a serious injury on Frank Dick . |
| 11 | ‘ I have thought about whether I could have been another of his victims . |
| 12 | ‘ I just wish , I just wish I could have been there , ’ he blurts out . |
| 13 | ‘ It 's chilling and frightening to realise I could have been one of his victims . ’ |
| 14 | I could have been anyone . ’ |
| 15 | In all these instances I could have been , oh , so wrong . |
| 16 | Reading this , I could have been forgiven for conjuring up a picture of the Queen Mother settling down comfortably by a television set at Sandringham , perhaps a daughter at her side , a corgi at feet and refreshment to hand , basking in the glow of my birthday tribute to her , and making a mental note to instruct the Private secretary in the morning to send a line of thanks to those concerned . |
| 17 | I could have been killed . ’ |
| 18 | I could have been a cricketer — I had two uncles who captained the English counties years ago — but a photographer , no . |
| 19 | I thought the S.S.O. seemed puzzled , but as the light was dim I could have been mistaken . |
| 20 | I was turning to people I did n't know that well and confiding in them , and I could have been led down any garden path . |
| 21 | As a result , I spent a lot of time in training — sometimes a whole afternoon — when I could have been at school . |
| 22 | I could have been in the same room with the murderer back at Livingstone Manor . |
| 23 | I could have been back on Hermaness in Shetland . |
| 24 | After all , I could have been beaten up because I hinted in the Daily News that there was something improper about the Harley/Supersight deal . ’ |
| 25 | She said last night , ‘ I played steady golf and , although I could have been a bit sharper , I am not disappointed with my start . |
| 26 | I only wish I could have been with Mr Grant when he researched the feature . |
| 27 | Well I could have been but I could n't have voted . |
| 28 | But I could have been wrong and I had no means of checking my suspicions . |
| 29 | I could have been killed . |
| 30 | ‘ It would have been much better if I could have been happy working at the forge . |