Example sentences of "he could have [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or — as Michel Debré and others recommended — he could have presented a draft constitution to the people for approval , as he later did in 1958 . |
| 2 | A very thoughtful cricketer , with a much greater knowledge of the game 's history than most players , one had the impression that he could have made a fine Test captain had the chance come earlier . |
| 3 | He realised that he was , in fact , looking at a man , so heavily clothed , hatted and booted in furs that he could have made a fortune doing tricks at the Glasgow Fair . |
| 4 | If only he could have preached conventionally he might have been accepted , and if he could have imitated the smoothness of those illustrators he admired , he could have made a living . |
| 5 | Is it not a fact that if the right Hon. Gentleman was dissatisfied with the time that would be available by way of a normal parliamentary answer , he could have opted as any Minister , with your permission , Mr. Speaker , to take that question at the end of Question time and then face proper intensive questions , or he could have made a statement ? |
| 6 | All she was capable of doing was gazing at him , hardly aware of her own nakedness , while her eyes and her mind told her that , far from having to pay for women 's favours , if Rune Christensen had been so inclined he could have made a fortune as a gigolo . |
| 7 | Piggy might have been able to save the boys ; as with his sensible , mature attitude resulting from the trauma caused by his parents ' death , he could have made a great impact on the boys . |
| 8 | He could have waited a year before he paid the tax but he always paid it immediately . |
| 9 | Some moment when she , as a child , was on the verge of doing something wrong , and he could have fulfilled a father 's role and made her do it . |
| 10 | His head looked like a fudge sundae I swear to God , he could have put a spoon in his ear and a maraschino cherry on his crown and looked no worse . |
| 11 | It may well be pointed out that he could have taken a safer route but this was not possible . |
| 12 | Batty recognises that he could have taken a sharper look at the derivative nature of the designs or examined some of the problems likely to face the company in the future . |
| 13 | Until now , Livingston has consistently protested total innocence of how he could have provided a positive sample in a Sports Council test just before the Games . |
| 14 | He could have found a much more durable and attractive later edition for £20-£30 . |
| 15 | He could have had a fit . |
| 16 | He could have had a hat-trick but was denied by Miklosko 's brilliant save . |
| 17 | He could have had a career in journalism or on television . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He could have had a room next door . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ He could have had a seizure . |
| 20 | ‘ He could have had a pistol as well : sensible precaution . |
| 21 | He could have had a radiographic picture within two minutes , but that was far too long . |
| 22 | As Strachan was clearly knackered at the end of it , I thought he could have had a run out for the last 10 mins or so . |
| 23 | ‘ He could have had a bit of a crush , ’ she acknowledged , ‘ but the main attraction was my career . |
| 24 | Guynemer once claimed that if the Germans used such planes he could have guaranteed a bag of one a day . |
| 25 | He could have got a court order . |
| 26 | In daylight he could have used a shop window as a mirror to watch the pharmacist 's across the road but lit windows were no use and who stands staring into dark ones ? |
| 27 | He could have expected a weekly salary approaching £10,000 , plus all the other expensive trimmings , if he had become Britain 's most expensive ever midfield player . |
| 28 | He could have bought a return ticket because he knew that inserting a scintilla of doubt would spare the feelings of those close to him . |