Example sentences of "i could have [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only wish I could have hit the third . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I could have killed the bloody swine ! ’ |
| 3 | I was n't very happy with my legal representation ; in fact , I think I could have done a better job myself . |
| 4 | Yep The Don was crap — I could have done a better job . |
| 5 | I could have done that or I could have done the instrumental album . |
| 6 | He 's been there for weeks and I could have done the whole thing in a couple of days . |
| 7 | If I could have seen a respectable way to dismiss this appeal I should have been happy to do so . |
| 8 | I could have turned a blind eye , but to grab it and to throw it to the hounds I think was absolutely abysmal . |
| 9 | I could have recorded the mysterious Mr Archer 's phone calls and had them directed to the office while I was there . |
| 10 | I could have stayed an interesting union , but the Healey stayed a Healey and the Cobra was an AC . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I could have fielded the best striker in the world against Coventry last weekend . |
| 12 | Had I known that the previous year , I could have made a good case to contest the abolition of my old job . |
| 13 | ‘ I could have made a real mess of that hole , but I took a calculated gamble and it paid off , ’ added Faldo , who walked off the green with a bogey four — one shot less than he registered in the first round . |
| 14 | I could have made a real fortune becoming Mr Vietnam , I could have hit the lecture circuit , I could have spun it out into a fabulous little industry , but that 's not interesting . |
| 15 | In erm Romans chapter three and verse twenty seven it says that er Jesus died for our sins and I 'd just like to leave this thought with you , that n er just like me , when I could have died the other week in that plane crash , that none of us knows how long we 've got on this life and , however long or short it is , there 's no time like the present to get right with God if you , if you are n't and the only way to do that is through Jesus . |
| 16 | ‘ But , even if I had felt inclined to do so , there was no way I could have got a decent night 's rest on those small , short bunks next door . ’ |
| 17 | I could have got a nine to five job but I never wanted one . |
| 18 | If the kitchen had had a serving hatch , I could have scared the living daylights out of them . |
| 19 | Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! " |
| 20 | Ha I could have had a lovely new one ! |
| 21 | So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas . |
| 22 | Well I could have spent the whole week . |
| 23 | Oh I could have spent the whole week , I just , I just , I could of spent five afternoons in Ipswich , would of done or Norwich |
| 24 | ‘ I could have opened the outside latch in the same way . ’ |
| 25 | Go to bed wishing I could have bestowed an extra twenty years ' active life upon Bunuel and Jane Austen . |
| 26 | I think I could have bought a new washer in place of all the vibrators he 's bought . |