Example sentences of "[pron] could [adv] have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He played that aspect of himself which could well have been in a war — after all he had trained long enough for it — and the result was the sort of performance he was to deliver several times in his film career and none the worse for that : professional , convincing . |
| 2 | ‘ But she could never have been like me with an audience . ’ |
| 3 | And it must have been some comfort to her , a few months later , to receive a picture of Anna , healthy , happy , as she could never have been in the orphanage . |
| 4 | It was in fact the visitors who could easily have been in front , but for some brilliant tackling by Jason Miller , who on four occasions , kept out both Terry Patterson and Chris Loud . |
| 5 | It is not stated by the originator as to the exact site of the primary tumour from which MKN45 and MKN45G were derived but because of the gastrin secretory nature of MKN45G it could possibly have been in the antrum . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Not that he could ever have been in her bed , at least not at Leamings . |