Example sentences of "could [adv] have [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Had the editor of " Private Eye " made impromptu allegations against Goldsmith on prime-time television , the long arm of the criminal law could not have felt his collar . |
| 2 | I immediately got a lot of media attention — Radio One could n't have made me fail . ’ |
| 3 | Oh Jesus , Sam , she was everybody 's Aunt Jemima , if she 'd turned up with her hair in a bun and flour on her apron she could n't have made them love her more , Jesus , Sam , we 're not guilty . |
| 4 | They wanted to make it work though and they could n't have made it work unless they had had the I mean the right conditions to do so . |
| 5 | ‘ He could n't have made us do what he wanted otherwise since he was on his own . ’ |
| 6 | He really is so peculiarly helpless , and I could n't have let him take it home all by himself , could I ? |