Example sentences of "could have been [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By definition no woman could have been among the twelve , since a circumcised male alone could represent a patriarch of Israel . |
| 2 | The indignation of the trade union mounts ; there is the threat of a strike ; Government , which fears a strike more than the nationalised undertaking , sounds the call for retreat ; and amid paeans of praise for everybody 's wisdom in choosing the path of peace the claim is settled — more generously than it could have been in the first place ( Aubrey Jones , cited in Bell 1975 : 10 ) . |
| 3 | No one can remember precisely when the last crime was committed , but it could have been in the early 1900s . |
| 4 | BELOW : Stanley Mill in 1987 , but it could have been in the last century , with its elegant , yet functional iron arches , which allowed plenty of room for line-shafting . |
| 5 | I could have been in the same room with the murderer back at Livingstone Manor . |
| 6 | She groaned and turned over , hoping she would fall asleep again , but her brain insisted on relaying pictures of her twin , so vividly that Dana could have been in the same room . |