Example sentences of "could have [verb] from [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Insp Rodgers said : ‘ It seems this could have stemmed from a dispute over parking . ’ |
| 2 | In both these cases the alleged negligence was that of the medical staff at a hospital , but , as the decided cases show , it could have arisen from a range of other contexts , for instance from negligent driving of a motor vehicle or negligence on the part of a railway company or tramway company in respect of a train or tram in which the mother of the child was travelling as a passenger while pregnant . |
| 3 | The dark cream also sets off the bright red roses well — had I chosen a white satin , card or fabric in a similar shade it would have been too bright and could have detracted from the frame . |
| 4 | What if he could have emerged from the summit of this chimney ? |
| 5 | His shiny black coat could have come from a labrador and there was a suggestion of terrier in the pointed nose and priced ears , but the long string-like tail and the knock-kneed fore limbs baffled me . |
| 6 | We disembark , walking down the rusting ramp over white cockleshell sand and water so clear it could have come from a tap . |
| 7 | My feet were secured by a length of electric cable which could have come from a table lamp . |
| 8 | It has already been suggested that comment in C under 1020 , 1023 and 1030 was added from other sources , and E's entry on Archbishop Wulfstan 's death in 1023 could have come from an Easter Table entry , although the additions made by D and E to 1022 , and by D alone to 1023 , seem too extensive to be from such a source . |
| 9 | You could buy salmon , which I suspect could have come from the King 's Reach skirting Balmoral ) for 2/6d a pound ; and there was no dearth of whisky for which I had yet to acquire a taste . |
| 10 | A potential complication of the analysis could have come from the influence of the partner on the pulsar , had it been comparable with our Sun in size as well as in mass . |
| 11 | Gravel on the shoes that could have come from the Cathedral . |
| 12 | Prison governor Peter Leonard agreed the idea could have come from the TV movie Murder , Smoke And Shadows , starring Peter Falk as the shabby sleuth Columbo . |
| 13 | Therefore , if the dust ages are correct then little of it could have come from the sort of rocks found in the lunar samples . |
| 14 | He called for ‘ democracy through good behaviour ’ , a maxim that could have come from the mouth of Chairman Mao . |
| 15 | Just as her childhood amusements could have originated from the pages of a 1930s ' children 's book , so Diana 's upbringing reflected the values of a bygone age . |
| 16 | ‘ As you said , you could have worked from the literature and specifications I had in the apartment . ’ |
| 17 | Building firm G Rhodes and Son , who put it in place , said the problem could have resulted from the shed 's location below a bank which could have caused winds to form a vacuum behind it , pulling the roof off . |
| 18 | And me mother used to say y you could you could have walked from the point of Ness , to the pier , how were the boats were that tightly packed in . |
| 19 | She had no clear idea of how it could have rolled from the table , for it had seemed perfectly secure when she had put it there . |
| 20 | Although he was obviously placed carefully on to the sofa , the freshly pomaded hair is awry and could have benefited from a comb prior to being photographed . |