Example sentences of "could have [verb] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pity it was n't in the national newspapers because my lawyer said I could have retired on the proceeds . |
| 2 | This is , of course , wrong as we could have guessed on the basis of our experience with forces acting upon capacitor plates . |
| 3 | On the other hand , it is extremely useful to have universities , polys and colleges compared on an equal basis , particularly as in these days of cutbacks many , who in earlier years could have relied on a university place , may have to hedge their bets by applying to polys too . |
| 4 | Instead , they could have stayed on the side they were flying and made a right , instead of a left circuit , with height to spare . |
| 5 | A drop of petrol could have fallen on the lamp bulb and shattered it to expose its white hot filament which would have ignited the vapours . |
| 6 | The hip and knee indicate that she could have existed on the ground , providing evidence that she was close to the point of divergence . |