Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] been for " in BNC.
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1 | To insist upon the inquest in these circumstances could only have been for the purpose of procuring a rapping over the knuckles in public of that authority and/or a convenient means of obtaining evidence for a subsequent claim against it . |
2 | It could not have been for lack of qualifications , for Moira had served seven years on the BBC 's General Advisory Council and four years as a director of Border Television ; so one can only assume it was because of my Liberal Party connections . |
3 | It could not have been for offside . |
4 | Now it was empty as it could n't have been for centuries , left to the tide and the sea birds . |
5 | Could n't have been for the sex if Rose is to be believed , so must have wanted you for dinner . ’ |
6 | I mean , so they could n't have been for er er Germany . |