Example sentences of "could [verb] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she said , ‘ Well you could 've asked her . ’ |
| 2 | Well I think you know they could 've killed themselves taking all that now , I forget forget what they were called . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's your picture , Jake , ’ she used to say over the laddie 's cot , laughing like a witch ; and I could 've killed her for it . ’ |
| 4 | I did n't blame her , I told you I did n't , but when she told me I could 've killed her … |
| 5 | That 's so awful she could 've killed you . |
| 6 | She could 've killed you . |
| 7 | I could 've killed someone else . |
| 8 | Mentioned the D S S and I think you could 've disturbed him more , do you really want to go down there and be means tested and , and er that 'd be a , a possibility er to disturb him a wee bit more . |
| 9 | I could 've throttled them after dinner . |
| 10 | I mean in , in , in retrospect they probably could 've achieved it because they , they got the military er they , they , they did get the military security and you probably could 've afforded actually to , to mobilize the peasants through land reform . |
| 11 | If we had n't got you up here pretty quick you could 've lost it , you know . ’ |
| 12 | We could 've done it really , but it kept him in with the people like and er . |
| 13 | So anybody could 've done it ? ’ |
| 14 | when you said they could 've done it |
| 15 | And they want to come and see the factory , they want to go to yeah , it fell down cos Richard was too busy at the end of last year , fine get that sorted and i Sally was dropped in the crap by right at the end of last year , came on five sets of bearings , I could 've done 'em in two weeks . |
| 16 | You could 've made it work if the peasants if the peasants were revolutionary , if the peasants had changed their value system and were n't and that there were very few who were still working within the economy . |
| 17 | Could 've showed you that could n't I ? |
| 18 | It could 've blown something . ’ |
| 19 | I wish you could 've seen them , ’ said the housekeeper , her arms akimbo , her plump face flushed with indignation . |
| 20 | So I did it anyway cos later on you would have said well you could 've taped me if you want like you always do so I did it anyway . |
| 21 | She says no you ca n't , I might do and then when she 's ready to go out she 'll say you could 've taped it . |
| 22 | I mean they could 've given them a wee , a wee two bedroom around our w our way rightly . |
| 23 | Do n't suppose he had the strength left in that little body to fight back no more , though you 'd have thought they could 've saved him with these new pills they got . |
| 24 | You could 've fooled me , ’ she lashed at him on a half-sob , her arms crossing her chest while her hands made an effort to massage the shoulder soreness caused by his gripping fingers . |
| 25 | I could 've said something frightful . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I could 've said you . |
| 27 | First time I see him in his uniform , he looked that lovely I could 've eaten him alive . |
| 28 | I cleaned the whole apartment when I was pregnant — Jesus , I was at it from morning till night , you could 've eaten your breakfast off of the john . ’ |
| 29 | I mean , they could 've filled it in . |
| 30 | that bloody dog last night I could 've wrung his neck , mm I could 've , he just did n't damn well stop |