Example sentences of "[pers pn] could have have [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could 've had the Queen Mum to tea there and not been ashamed . |
| 2 | Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’ |
| 3 | I could have had a contract to compare favourably with any offered to anyone at the club . |
| 4 | Maybe I could have had the hotel ring the British Embassy in Lima , but I was too exhausted , physically and mentally — particularly mentally — to face all the complications . |
| 5 | If you had said the word , Mam would have gone along with you and I could have had the child and had a life of my own . |
| 6 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 7 | But for her insistence on being free for Dickie 's holidays she could have had a ward sister 's job in Benedict 's by just picking up the nearest telephone . |
| 8 | Can the Prime Minister tell the House how he squares his vision of a classless Britain with the experience of a constituent of mine from Fulwood , who was told last May that she needed a hip replacement but that she would have to wait 14 months for the operation under the national health service , and who was told that she could have had the operation immediately had she been able to cough up £4,300 ? |
| 9 | Nine months and five days , you could 've had a baby by now . |
| 10 | You never really sort of said well was it , was it a slipped disc or is it gone or have you got ta go back for any more tests or anything like that er and bearing in mind that he also said he was keen on sports and he played tennis and so on , you could 've had the opportunity there to say oh have your back problem , back troubles made in difference to you in that area ? |
| 11 | He said for the money we spent here you could have had a percentage off . |
| 12 | You could have had a gap of many years since you worked . |
| 13 | You could have had a paddle like this |
| 14 | Why , you could have had a career in modelling or something … ’ |
| 15 | That 's where the real problem lies , if you could have had the P A , if you could have gone into the cupboard and got it , even though we 'd turned up at ten past six , |
| 16 | But if you had an imminent on your side you could have had the ache of the wind and rain crying down from the clouds . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ You could have had an abortion and nobody would have known . |
| 18 | ‘ We could 've had a pizza in town , ’ she reminded him . |
| 19 | We established that she and Sir Richard are lovers , adulterers , fornicators , and in only a matter of time we could have had a confession that they were guilty of Sir Thomas 's death as well as the . |
| 20 | We could have had a shower together . |
| 21 | ‘ If only we could have had a child . |
| 22 | Just think , colleagues , what we could have done with forty two million pounds , we could have had a conference twice a year not the biannual conference they 're on about . |
| 23 | I welcome the declaration , which is a big step forward , but , given British experience and law , we could have had a directive in which we could have taken the lead . |
| 24 | Once the door was shut , they could have had a dance band going full blast and you 'd never know it in the next room . |
| 25 | The difference in the popular vote was less dramatic : for the CPP , 398 141 ( plus five uncontested seats , where presumably they could have had a landslide ) ; for the combined opposition , 299 116 votes . |
| 26 | He did n't want to get on worse terms with his mother , from whom he hoped to get a loan for his holiday in Greece , nor did he want the kind of thing that might have happened , his mother phoning hospitals or getting the police because they could have had an accident in Goblander . |
| 27 | Still , the idea that they could have had the kind of torrid relationship that leads to murder was another matter . |
| 28 | Obviously , what is or may be of importance to an employer 's business is a question of fact ; and it was no doubt significant in Swain that S was the general manager , the wrongful employee was the managing director , his conduct was dishonest and it could have had a material effect on the defendant 's business ( labelling meat as " Empire Products " when it was not ) . |
| 29 | As Strachan was clearly knackered at the end of it , I thought he could have had a run out for the last 10 mins or so . |
| 30 | ‘ He could have had a bit of a crush , ’ she acknowledged , ‘ but the main attraction was my career . |