Example sentences of "could [verb] been in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized that I could have been in deep trouble there : I came close to inflicting a serious injury on Frank Dick . |
| 2 | The company came in for quite a bit of stick with their new version of the Escort and if the Mondeo had not been well received they could have been in real trouble . |
| 3 | She had said it was her niece because the girl was young and had black hair and because who else but Nora Fanshawe could have been in that car with her parents ? |
| 4 | I do n't think that chair could have been in that book Brian . |
| 5 | Carr , who went the distance with Wharton last time , protested about the stoppage , after 2min 7sec of the eighth round , but if referee Dave Parris had allowed the fight to continue the Australian could have been in serious trouble . |
| 6 | If it had been left any longer he could have been in serious trouble . |
| 7 | They were n't twins , but they could have been in some respects , she realised . |
| 8 | Arsenic was a common substance and could have been in some of the remedies Mrs Armstrong took . |
| 9 | At the time of the lobby revolt , ‘ No one could have been in any doubt that if they went over to [ the rebel papers ' ] side , they would cook their goose with Number Ten . ’ |
| 10 | Yet he got off to a good start against New Zealand , and no one in England could have been in any doubt that even without Lloyd around their heroes were in for a tough time . |
| 11 | There was a small desk , a lined pad , a tea mug holding a pencil and two pens , a stack of train and airline schedules , and a few pieces of personal clutter that could have been in any room in the house . |
| 12 | Tamsin , being half and half , could have been in any of them . |
| 13 | The first visit to Brussels , the amend , the first visit to Brussels we had to go and bail you out because the Commission , the Commission , we could have been in this er |
| 14 | Erm , although I think Helena Landless could have been in this tradition do n't you ? |