Example sentences of "could [verb] been [verb] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Perot was furious ; instead of chasing chimeras , his money could have been earning interest in the bank . |
2 | He could have been composing rubbish for all I was competent to judge , yet that possibility did not enter my head . |
3 | But they were too far away for me to be certain , and the blinding light could have been playing tricks on the two of us . |
4 | A COUPLE who died in a seafront car smash yesterday could have been racing seconds before the accident . |
5 | Why Mr Jones did n't book him for what could have been deemed incitement in front of Newcastle 's followers will remain a mystery along with his dropball doodle-bug . |