Example sentences of "could have [be] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If somehow she could have been given a meagre share in their relationship , if one or the other had treated her as a confidante , it might have been more bearable . |
| 2 | In not taking this step seven years or five years ago , this country could have been saved a great deal of suffering . |
| 3 | One solution could have been to put the smaller plants and animals in boxes or circles around a central illustration of a lake or pond with arrows indicating where they could be found . |
| 4 | The grandparent could have been living a few houses away . |
| 5 | ‘ The evidence extends only as far as the lower scapula , does it not ’ He could have been wearing an off-the-shoulder toga . ’ |
| 6 | A police spokesman said it appeared Tony could have been struck a glancing blow by the wing mirror of a blue Transit-type van . |
| 7 | I could hardly blame him here — at least his feelings ; but even if , with an earlier and exact diagnosis he could have been spared a great deal of pain over a considerable period of time , I realize that nothing could have saved him . |
| 8 | While agreeing broadly with the England manager 's summing-up of the present Brazilian team , the thought did occur that in another footballing era he could have been describing an Italian side — brilliant in breakaways but giving nothing away at the back . |
| 9 | The defences could have been protecting an Imperial establishment rather than a small town . |
| 10 | Perhaps we could have been celebrating the first golden anniversary of the 1,000 Reich boasted about by Hitler . |