Example sentences of "easily have [been] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he had realised that the originator of the plot could just as easily have been Burun — intending all the time that it should fail — achieving at a stroke the removal of effective opposition , placing Artai in debt to the Merkuts for the security of his throne . |
| 2 | No donor 's name is even hinted at but it could easily have been Lance Henly . |
| 3 | Polston 's goal grabbed the headlines but it could so easily have been Villa 's Garry Parker who was the hero of the night . |
| 4 | There was the dark-eyed , slant-featured look of the ancient lost Royal Houses of Ireland in several of them , the glossy hair that might easily have been fur in others . |
| 5 | Rosa often went to the washplace with Sabina to help her and she was glad that she could pull her blue cotton dress out of the basket and slosh it into the water before anyone else could examine it for stains ; not that the stain spoke openly of its origins ; it could easily have been milk , thought Rosa . |
| 6 | It surprised me but it could easily have been tiredness from being out so long . |
| 7 | This Mr Deputy Speaker , could easily have been accommodation had the bill been brought to the house just seven weeks earlier than it actually was brought to the house , seven weeks were n't the problem . |