Example sentences of "could [adv] have [be] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contents , the observer thought , could not have been worth five dollars . |
| 2 | No one knew why , though the Dutch gunner Colonel opined that the reason for the Prince 's hasty departure could not have been of great importance , or else the Duke would surely have left with the Prince . |
| 3 | Unless the buyer can show that there was a latent defect present in the goods at the time of delivery which later became manifest ( and hence that the goods could not have been of merchantable quality at the time of delivery ) he may be left with no remedy . |
| 4 | ‘ But it could n't have been like that . |
| 5 | This was already clear by 1926 , and could even have been in 1922 , if only the central authorities had kept a closer watch on the pulse of rural life . |