Example sentences of "that i could have [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 I decided to go up and see me doctor 'cos at the time I ‘ ad about 600 that I could 've got me ‘ ands on .
2 That I could 've got right . ’
3 I dedicate this article to the memory of Eric Mosley who helped me so much in the early days of my research , to George Wyndham Parker for his encouragement , and to Jack Alcock , without whom this article would never have been possible , my only wish is that I could have met him in person .
4 ‘ It is true that I could have braved the scandal , brazened it out , ’ Theda admitted , ‘ but either fear or pride , perhaps — ’
5 Before I move on I note that I could have fished the swim from the other bank , although there was no shallow-enough water nearby to ford the river .
6 And the other thing is that it 's erm er , er Jeremy had er er , inadvertently really , er I , I know that I could have crowned him when he did it , but he was getting er , taking the lamp from the bookcase erm , which is at the end of the bookcase through to his own room to use temporarily because in trying to get the shade off his , the old one there , he , he snapped the fitting , and why , when he did that , erm , he er , disconnected the phone and of course , wiped out all the memory you know , the numbers that that you put in !
7 I really wanted to identify with him and wished that I could have said that I had been in the Falklands or in Northern Ireland , thereby establishing some sort of link .
8 But Stuart is so effervescent , so bloody méthode champenoise nowadays that I could have gone down on my knees to his wife and he would have accepted my explanation that I was tacking up her hem .
9 The connection with neurosis was not unconscious , nor yet fully conscious in the sense that I could have expressed it verbally , but it was , in being unique , all-pervasive .
10 Again , in that head-state , I could feel anger that I could have made such a mistake , and a determination it would n't happen again .
11 While the nursing staff had been keenly following the implementation of the ENP , some of them did not seem to be familiar with my parameters of practice — I sometimes missed patients that I could have treated because they were not being filtered through to me .
12 I suppose now that I could have freaked out and started smashing the place up , getting myself expelled as a result .
13 ‘ I do not want to view any of what has happened in a negative light , though it goes without saying that I could have done without the loss of our first-pick forwards for a game of this type . ’
14 ‘ It 's hard to believe that I could have spent two whole years walking round with blinkers on .
15 ‘ To tell you the truth , I do n't know , but I 'd like to think that I could have pulled the trigger if I 'd had to .
16 I 've thought about this a lot , I doubt that I could have started this channel .
17 I admit that I could have walked away … ’
18 Echo-sounding by bats is just one of the thousands of examples that I could have chosen to make the point about good design .
19 ‘ I had a successful career myself that I could have pursued had I opted to . ’
20 ‘ I wish you had told me what was wrong , so that I could have helped . ’
21 That 's something I do n't sa , not so matter that I could have told him !
22 ‘ He says I had the tools , the knowledge , the opportunity and the location , and he looked up those races I rode at Ascot and worked out that I could have had time between the first two and the last to drive to Maidenhead and remove Harry 's car .
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