Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tried and tested methods , which someone less technologically illiterate than myself could have guessed at , are put to very effective use . |
| 2 | By the end of the struggle France had lost almost every single colonial possession she had , so that French imperial history had to begin all over again in the nineteenth century , but nobody in 1690 could have guessed at such a result . |
| 3 | At her side , introducing her to people , encouraging her to elaborate on some of her ideas for the future , Luke was urbane , expressing only suave approval , and no one could have guessed at the personal contempt he felt for her , not a hint of it — or anything else personal either — allowed to show through his sophisticated public manner . |
| 4 | Jared Tunstall was distraught ; his much adored daughter had disappeared , but as was his usual way no one could have guessed at his inner feelings . |
| 5 | However , everyone else advised him to do it and it was probably the most catalystic thing he could have done at that period , although I had the feeling even if he did get a hit , it was something he could n't follow up because I knew the style of his writing . |
| 6 | People who had gone overseas had probably made a wise choice and were likely to be doing better than they could have done at home , so the government felt it had done enough for them already . |
| 7 | And there 's nothing you could have done at Chevisham . " |
| 8 | In that respect , Kundera could have fooled at least one of his readers ; but I do see that it belongs to the point of it all that the uncommon Jaromil should be thought humanly representative . |
| 9 | He could have run at her , forced her to the ground and banged her stupid , glossy head until her brains spilled out on to the stupid , glossy floor . |
| 10 | In the time they had been kept waiting , Patrick calculated , the Bonnard Renault could have covered at least five hundred miles of autobahn . |
| 11 | Sometimes it is the Had I But Known what grim secret lurked beneath the smiling exterior I would never have set foot within the door ; Sometimes the Had I But Known then what I know now , I could have saved at least three lives by revealing to the Inspector the conversation I heard through that fortuitous hole in the floor . |
| 12 | However , it is difficult to believe that sufficient quantities of suitable substances could have appeared at the Cytherean surface to mop up anywhere near the amount of oxygen that would be liberated from an Earth-like quantity of water . |
| 13 | ‘ So , ’ Leith swallowed down at least four contradictions she could have lobbed at him , and queried sarcastically instead , ‘ what would you like to talk about ? ’ |
| 14 | Faced with seemingly insurmountable technical problems , which could have consumed at least as much cash again without any guarantee of success , the decision was taken to start from scratch with a far less ambitious system to keep London , if not ahead of , at least on par with , its competitors . |
| 15 | I could have stood at the window all afternoon , |
| 16 | He could have stayed at home since , in the year of his journey , Famous Players-Lasky set up its own studio in Islington , to make films the American way . |
| 17 | I could have stayed at Street till I was fourteen , I could have stayed at Street until I was fourteen , and then you would 've been out . |
| 18 | I could have stayed at Street till I was fourteen , I could have stayed at Street until I was fourteen , and then you would 've been out . |
| 19 | He stepped away from her and she could have wept at the cold desolation that closed round her . |
| 20 | It is almost inconceivable that such a thing could have happened at eight in the morning in such a place . |
| 21 | ‘ It appears it could have happened at any time , even running for a bus , ’ said headmaster Harrison Huddart , at Hewart Grange School , Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 22 | The horse 's trainer Robin Dickin said : ‘ It could have happened at any time , on the racecourse or at home . |
| 23 | ‘ The doctor said it could have happened at any time . |
| 24 | The frosted glass panel with my name on it had been cracked , but that could have happened at any time . |
| 25 | I have explained everything to her , told her it could have happened at any time . |
| 26 | Had more companies been honest with themselves a dividend passed completely would have been better and then a new base could have set at a suitable level . |
| 27 | Speed could have had at least 3 goals , and Deane could have had 3 . |
| 28 | It would have been better if we could have come at the weekend & seen something of the family , but Richard had long-standing plans involving friends of his who could only come ( from Macclesfield ) on Saturday . |
| 29 | If the doorsteps could have curled at the edges , they would have done so . |
| 30 | My first reaction to the resignations was that they were tantamount to an admission of guilt when , in fact , the Argentinians could have attacked at any time in the previous fifteen years . |