Example sentences of "[pron] could have [been] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the south-west bath-wing there was a central room with a small cistern and niches for presumed ‘ ritual usages ’ ; from this room came a pottery model fir-cone , which could have been a votive offering . |
| 2 | Jim Keeble recalls one amusing incident in ASF which could have been a terrible accident . |
| 3 | Nothing could have been a greater contrast to the Hamptons — where miles and miles of unspoilt coastline and white sands edged the rugged Atlantic Ocean . |
| 4 | He is , he said my mother said she could have been a forensic scientist if it ha if I had n't been born ! |
| 5 | She could have been a top model . |
| 6 | You could 've been a real trendsetter , you could 've put Ghostbuster stripes on it |
| 7 | There 's nobody in this world more sorry for you at times than I am , for you could have been a real good-lookin' , strappin' fella . |
| 8 | ‘ You could have been a great cabinet maker , ’ she told him . |
| 9 | ‘ You could have been a well-brought-up sex-mad pervert . ’ |
| 10 | You could have been a British Champion by now — why did you give it up ? ’ |
| 11 | There could have been a greater degree of specialization , but this has been avoided here in order to emphasise the collaborative nature of many of the specialisms to be found in the production function . |
| 12 | There could have been a serious road accident with a dozen or so frightened animals careering about country lanes . |
| 13 | There could have been a similar reaction to the prospect of a Wilson administration and especially with the kind of rough-neck covert operations that were in progress in Ulster . |
| 14 | If it had n't rained the night before the car was burnt , there could have been a major forest fire . |
| 15 | There could have been a fourth cup there , for Great Britain and Ireland had also won the Eisenhower Trophy for the World Amateur Team Championships , providing also the winner of the individual section . |
| 16 | Sergeant Terry Lawton , of British Transport Police , said yesterday : ‘ The train was approaching and if all 450 runners had hurdled the barriers and any had fallen , there could have been a mass slaughter on the line . ’ |
| 17 | But I think it could have been a White-tipped shark , because nothing else has the aggression to come forward and attack the boat . |
| 18 | Apparently she had a severe allergic reaction to the drug , although it could have been a lethal impurity in the tab she took . |
| 19 | It could have been a close call . ’ |
| 20 | It could have been a glorious finale , but it was n't . |
| 21 | It could have been a crushing disappointment for Tip Anderson , with the Championship staged over his home course ; instead it turned into a remarkable and spectacular success . |
| 22 | It could have been a personal call , but Doyle 's sixth sense for trouble was registering so strongly , that he did n't even bother to hope . |
| 23 | The perspective may not have developed antagonistic elements to the extent to which , at a generalised level , it could have been a genuine challenge to extant political power , but the populism did articulate working-class interests and demands assertively and independently . |
| 24 | Although it could have been a genuine geographical variation , the fear was that staff were failing to record them because they thought this might lead to unresolvable problems which would jeopardise planning . |
| 25 | If one of these had gone in it could have been a different story . |
| 26 | It could have been a dire result if they had got into the surf . |
| 27 | It was a sort of a , as you grew older mind you , it was i i i it could have been a little bit of a miserable sort of day . |
| 28 | It could have been a big day for B.C. 's new president , Vancouver businessman Chuck Plester , but Graf was inches wide with another penalty in injury time . |
| 29 | ‘ But it could have been a big jet . |
| 30 | ‘ But it could have been a big spider , ’ she said , her tone distraught as she imagined what might have happened . |