Example sentences of "could have [verb] [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She could have sworn the light had been yellow — pure yellow . |
| 32 | We could have got the handwriting analysed , ’ he said sceptically . |
| 33 | ‘ Like I say ; I could have got the baby-sitter to help me with him , but she 's just a skelf … not our regular girl . |
| 34 | This team could have persuaded the Pope to confess that Judas Iscariot had been framed by George Washington , and that Jesus H. Christ had let Huey , Dewey and Louie take the rap for the St Valentine 's Day Massacre . |
| 35 | With a secure nest under Rank , and a distribution deal through Universal in the US , there was little contact with the marketplace , which could have driven the studio to search out new styles and new areas of subject matter . |
| 36 | He did have an alternative , he could have let the pound drop lower . ’ |
| 37 | The measure of such damages should be calculated by assessing the amount that a court could have ordered the husband to pay to the wife under the statutory provisions . |
| 38 | Where the constable is not authorised the defendant could have allowed the constable to carry out the inspection . |
| 39 | Gabriel was galled with shame , though of course he could have expected the Devil to betray him . |
| 40 | At least , it was felt by many , the Government could have used the occasion to open up new options ( to be narrowed again perhaps after the French referendum ) . |
| 41 | Shildon said : ‘ If MacQuillan had lived , Eliot could have used the information to persuade people to change their minds about letting him have a free hand with the Post . |