Example sentences of "could you have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Could you have accepted if your past had been different ? |
| 2 | ‘ How could you have guessed ? |
| 3 | ‘ Could you have kept him safe ? ’ |
| 4 | Social Worker : Then how could you have played it differently ? |
| 5 | ‘ Could you have heard noises from round the comer ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Could you have given him a home ? ’ |
| 7 | How could you have seen it from here ? |
| 8 | Young Angus thought , You were a coward — no you were not — what else could you have done ? |
| 9 | Could you have done such a thing , Mom ? |
| 10 | Could you have done it more concisely ? |
| 11 | What could you have done that would aid you remembering ? |
| 12 | What could you have done out there ? |
| 13 | Not all of them I accept and they 've been very helpful and when it comes to erm any other issue , I think basically , unfortunately sir , I think that we have strayed from the debate , we 've strayed onto ethnic issues er er and I think it 's a shame Mr , there was no need to introduce that and of course it was bound to bring a backlash , it was bound to introduce it it it it 's coloured it it 's made opaque the issues because you make it complicated , in actual fact er er I think that er being a governor of a school , I think that 's absolutely marvellous that some youngsters the future , I think the future will decide , I think there are kids out there will turn round one day and say how could you have done that ? |
| 14 | Could you have done , could you do half of thirty six ? |
| 15 | Well one , how could you have bought that and two , how could you let her drone through it like that ? |
| 16 | D c c could you have visualized any way in which production could have been controlled apart from his down about a certain amount ? |
| 17 | A sentence such as ( 8 ) below could refer to the past ( How could you have expected me to know the answers to those questions which you asked me last week ? ) , the present ( Why are you asking me ? |
| 18 | How could you have taken such a risk ? |
| 19 | How could you have finished up with an answer like sixteen it 's a bit like integration this where we 're working backwards . |
| 20 | Could you have shifted it as an individual in the right direction ? |
| 21 | ‘ Could you have put it in Rose 's bag instead of your own ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ How could you have come ? ’ she said . |
| 23 | Erm , but , how could you have improved it ? |
| 24 | Did you erm could you have drove on that what you drunk alright ? |
| 25 | If you had written a full answer to each question , how could you have rearranged the word order to draw attention to the most important word or words ? |
| 26 | ‘ How could you have known ? |
| 27 | How could you have known where it was ? ’ |
| 28 | It all looks so simple when you see the advertisement but could you have thought of it ? |
| 29 | " And could you have borrowed one for the night ? " |
| 30 | Could you have labelled it in a way that would sort of help yourself more ? |