Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could 've heard a critic smile ! |
| 2 | If I could 've worn a red jersey that would 've been it . |
| 3 | Because if you achieve a hundred percent of what 's in your plan , there 's always a danger that they could 've achieved a hundred and ten percent of what was in your plan and have n't been working hard . |
| 4 | In the old days he could 've swallowed a six-pack in half an hour and then gone out and walked a tightrope . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | I could 've made a fortune flogging beads to hippies . ’ |
| 7 | You 're unemployed I would n't have thought you could 've stood a hundred and fifty , two hundred pounds withdrawal . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | All the money we spent on this stuff , ’ she indicated her drink , ’ could 've floated a battleship over the years . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Or they could 've got a plane to Paris , nobody would have stopped them . |
| 12 | Well we could 've got a second hand one , but I mean what I 'll pay for a second hand one we might as well get |
| 13 | You should of said , I could 've borrowed a chair . |
| 14 | ‘ We could 've had a pizza in town , ’ she reminded him . |
| 15 | We could 've had a two forty video tape , it said , two forty on it and when we put it in were n't it ? . |
| 16 | Nine months and five days , you could 've had a baby by now . |
| 17 | If only she could have waved a magic wand to turn the fat girl into a raving beauty . |
| 18 | She understood why Johnny had felt saddened when he had learned of their passing , and she smiled briefly as she recalled that she had never found the courage to tell him of the passing of that Empire , too — fearing that such knowledge could have precipitated an apoplectic fit ! |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Nothing could have prepared a loyal , loving wife for such shocks . |
| 21 | Those huge hobnailed boots could have kicked a hole in Berkeley Castle . |
| 22 | She could have kicked a dog . |
| 23 | The difficulty here is best demonstrated when Honderich , analyzing the notion that Conservatism is a ‘ defence of the familiar ’ , argues that if this were central to Conservatism ‘ we should have a mystery on our hands , the mystery of how an egregious idiocy could have become a large political tradition ’ . |
| 24 | Had it continued , however , the rebel university could have become a rival establishment to both Oxford and Cambridge . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Commitment to the war could have become a problem in itself as the chances of victory became remote . |
| 27 | In fact , hindsight leads one to suggest that Jimmy came to the Palace 20 years too soon — he could have become an inspiration in Malcolm Allison 's footballing team of the mid-1970s . |
| 28 | He could have become an Olympic long-jump champion , as he 'd once broken the world record . |
| 29 | ‘ I can hardly believe , ’ he found himself saying , ‘ that someone like me could have become an … er … |
| 30 | 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 . |