Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could 've heard a critic smile ! |
| 2 | In the old days he could 've swallowed a six-pack in half an hour and then gone out and walked a tightrope . |
| 3 | You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today . |
| 4 | I could 've made a fortune flogging beads to hippies . ’ |
| 5 | She could 've smoked ci er cigarillos , she could 've smoked a pipe , yeah , erm tt with regards to working , you did ask did she work but is sh she is a tax payer , she was n't because it 's pin money . |
| 6 | All the money we spent on this stuff , ’ she indicated her drink , ’ could 've floated a battleship over the years . ’ |
| 7 | If only could have stayed behind to hear this being said , he could 've taken a lot of messages back to his friends in government . |
| 8 | Or they could 've got a plane to Paris , nobody would have stopped them . |
| 9 | You should of said , I could 've borrowed a chair . |
| 10 | ‘ We could 've had a pizza in town , ’ she reminded him . |
| 11 | Nine months and five days , you could 've had a baby by now . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Those huge hobnailed boots could have kicked a hole in Berkeley Castle . |
| 14 | She could have kicked a dog . |
| 15 | Commitment to the war could have become a problem in itself as the chances of victory became remote . |
| 16 | Had he been caught or had he panicked he could well have been in very serious trouble : the charming young tearaway could have become a court case . |
| 17 | It 's doubtful that the on-board DME was in error since there were two on board and the pilots could have suspected a malfunction were the readings substantially different . |
| 18 | Hope looked keenly at the man , held his gaze a moment — a glance which could have ruled a line straight from eye to eye — and then snapped to attention . |
| 19 | that you could have done a bit more last year |
| 20 | I knew so many rotters before him , I could have done a degree in them . |
| 21 | As Merrill looked at him questioningly , he went on , ‘ Knowing , by then , just how you felt about the circumstances of Elise 's death , you could have done a lot of damage . ’ |
| 22 | I could have called a policeman . |
| 23 | Had Baldwin resigned immediately after the election , on the other hand , the King might well have sought to ascertain whether another Conservative could have formed a government and secured Liberal support . |
| 24 | If the known mosaics belonged to private rather than official or religious buildings , this might indicate the presence of wealthier individuals who could have formed a town council , as might the marked concentration of late villas in the area , including that at Ilchester Mead , just outside the south-western suburbs . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , a trail of gunpowder from the bed under the doorway , then someone could have struck a tinder ? |
| 26 | The blow could have split a mountain . |
| 27 | ‘ Incident Rooms I have Known ’ : Wycliffe could have written a book about them . |
| 28 | ‘ Believe me , I could have written a book on the subject when Joanna 's messenger found us . ’ |
| 29 | Only a week earlier on Palm Sunday , it seemed possible that Jesus could have led a rebellion against the hated Romans . |
| 30 | Yesterday 's high winds could have swept a poison cloud over Teesside in a matter of minutes . |