Example sentences of "could [verb] [vb pp] it [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , well I think they could have done it a bit quicker do n't you ? |
| 2 | Well I think , I would have thought they could have done it a bit quicker , the bathroom , if they wanted to . |
| 3 | Okay , well maybe we could have called it a day now . |
| 4 | You could have called it the year of their persecution : |
| 5 | Mary McKenna , playing in the tournament for the 25th year , could have made it a tie by winning the bottom match but she lost the 15th and 16th to go two down , won the 17th with a big birdie putt and salvaged a half when her opponent , Fiona McKay drove into bushes at the 18th . |
| 6 | Well if you we if you knew you were gon na be sick you could have made it a bit more a different colour than that ! |
| 7 | No , they could have cut it a bit more could n't they ? |
| 8 | I reckon if I had had a flat and everything I could have given it a try . |
| 9 | You could have told it a mile away . |
| 10 | ‘ You could have pitched it a bit more strongly , sir , ’ Talbot said , ‘ but I 'd have to spend the rest of the night thinking how . |