Example sentences of "could have have [art] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He could have had a bit of a crush , ’ she acknowledged , ‘ but the main attraction was my career . |
| 3 | You could have had a gap of many years since you worked . |
| 4 | Last September the Redruth hooker , 28 , could have had no hope of playing at Twickenham as he had smashed an elbow in a minor club match and Dawe , his long-standing rival , had been appointed county captain . |
| 5 | Since Mr Johnson died before the museum was built , he could have had no way of knowing the context in which his collection would eventually be shown . |
| 6 | When Conan Doyle put these words into the mouth of Sherlock Holmes , he could have had no idea of the tools which would one day become available to the great detective 's fellow scientists in their search for truth . |
| 7 | … As appears from the decision below , the plaintiff could have had no certainty of ultimate success , and we are of opinion that it was not called upon to take the risk of having its contracts disputed and its business injured and of finding the tax more or less nearly doubled in case it finally had to pay . |
| 8 | For his pains my first bedmate could have had the benefits of a protracted rest in one of our quaint medieval prisons . |
| 9 | Still , the idea that they could have had the kind of torrid relationship that leads to murder was another matter . |
| 10 | But if you had an imminent on your side you could have had the ache of the wind and rain crying down from the clouds . ’ |