Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buyers who have paid high prices do not discover that they could have obtained the same goods at lower prices ; sellers who have sold for low prices do not discover that they could have obtained higher prices . |
| 2 | In their accompaniments , the strings could have contributed greater warmth and colour — particularly by using more vibrato . |
| 3 | ‘ I could have run faster but I did not have the confidence to go at 14 miles , ’ said Evans . |
| 4 | When I finish I think I could have gone faster but during the race , it 's a different matter . |
| 5 | Even though Christmas in hospital was a fun-filled day , no one could have had better news than Sarah Collyer . |
| 6 | At Boston Spa , for example , there were no adequate washing facilities for 16 years ; at Exeter , it was 1887 before the school got hot water facilities ; at Old Kent Road , the installation of gas pipes which could have provided better lighting was rejected in 1833 on the grounds the cost was exorbitant and that the children could make do with candles . |
| 7 | As Archbishop he was indecisive ; there were contemporaries who could have provided stouter leadership , as they let him know . |
| 8 | ‘ Things could have got worse . |
| 9 | Ha I could have shouted louder . |
| 10 | This in turn could have brought higher incomes for farmers , and , since they constituted a significant section of the consuming population , a consequent increase in their demand for manufactured goods . |