Example sentences of "[pron] could have [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could have stood at the window all afternoon , |
| 2 | So she said what it was , and then looking through it , it actually certainly we could have done with a fle I could have looked at the the flexible thing before we came to the meeting , because it |
| 3 | He stepped away from her and she could have wept at the cold desolation that closed round her . |
| 4 | She could have continued at the City Press , and he remained a policeman . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |