Example sentences of "[pers pn] could have been [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I could have been the only Irishman to play for both Billy Bingham and Jack Charlton , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I mean that does have a lot of resonance for all of us. feel that erm I could have been the same person erm with lots of different changes to my body . |
| 3 | He is , he said my mother said she could have been a forensic scientist if it ha if I had n't been born ! |
| 4 | She could have been a top model . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ You could have been a great cabinet maker , ’ she told him . |
| 7 | ‘ You could have been a well-brought-up sex-mad pervert . ’ |
| 8 | You could have been a British Champion by now — why did you give it up ? ’ |
| 9 | You could have been the next player |
| 10 | They could have been the same young Russians we had met 4,000 miles away in Fairbanks only the day before . |
| 11 | But I think it could have been a White-tipped shark , because nothing else has the aggression to come forward and attack the boat . |
| 12 | Apparently she had a severe allergic reaction to the drug , although it could have been a lethal impurity in the tab she took . |
| 13 | It could have been a close call . ’ |
| 14 | It could have been a glorious finale , but it was n't . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | If one of these had gone in it could have been a different story . |
| 20 | It could have been a dire result if they had got into the surf . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ But it could have been a big jet . |
| 24 | ‘ But it could have been a big spider , ’ she said , her tone distraught as she imagined what might have happened . |
| 25 | " It could have been a lovely day , " he said slowly . |
| 26 | A quarter of Ray 's stock was killed but it could have been a human life lost . |
| 27 | There would have been little room to work or store on the gallery , but it could have been a convenient place to display finished work for the approval of the merchants riding round the countryside in search of stock , as the main road passes nearby and upon which the main flow of riders would have travelled . |
| 28 | It could have been a tongueless dwarf standing by the road to point the way … |
| 29 | But it could have been a whole smashed-up dinner service for the row it caused . ’ |
| 30 | It was logical to conclude the young fop was the assassin but it could have been the young page or , indeed , a complete stranger . |