Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and they look quite good , but irritatingly I could have done with them , after the first workshop . |
| 2 | So no-one could have guessed really what was on underneath here . |
| 3 | The parents were glad of a helping hand so them could have some time to themselves . |
| 4 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
| 5 | If only I could have gone out there and helped to put matters right . |
| 6 | ‘ If only I could have made one more birdie at the last , that might have done the trick . ’ |
| 7 | I have been here over a week now , and I miss you very much , and I miss the fresh air and the fresh faces of all those people I so hated on the Tube and the fresh things that happened every hour of every day if only I could have seen them — their freshness , I mean . |
| 8 | Perhaps I could have freeclimbed it , but the problem was that I could n't predict the pockets and I would n't have found out until it was too late to avoid a monster fall . |
| 9 | Perhaps I could have tried harder to be what she wanted in a daughter-in-law . |
| 10 | Who knows , perhaps I could have prevailed with him . ’ |
| 11 | Perhaps I could have ignored Nonni 's theories , but I was very unsure of myself except in matters of political opinion , and she was the sort of woman who is strong because she has never questioned her fixed beliefs : a kind of older , more battered Sophie . |
| 12 | Perhaps I could have answered that question directly . |
| 13 | Perhaps I could have dissuaded her . |
| 14 | ‘ Perhaps I could have a go later ? ’ she found herself saying . |
| 15 | If I allow other hon. Members to contribute , perhaps I could have five minutes or so , along with Opposition spokesmen , to make my wind-up speech and give a total justification of what the Government are doing . |
| 16 | Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’ |
| 17 | The Noble Earl , Lord has given one o one illustration of how things might work out in practice , perhaps I could have a shot at another . |
| 18 | Later still , the analyst suggests that Fraser may want to offer reparation , by writing this book , for the guilt he had felt in relation to his father , and Fraser asks : ‘ For wanting to destroy him so I could have my mother to myself ? ’ |
| 19 | So I did the CD , put it out and thought , ‘ Hey , if it sells a couple of thousand , I 'll be smiling all the way , ’ because I just did it so I could have something to hand people . |
| 20 | So I could have for instance thirty two tape devices running in parallel to back up my database . |
| 21 | And her father so I could have done that . |
| 22 | Erm I 'd have one aga , I mean , I wa I wanted mine for Alan 's wedding so I could have a nice tan for , with my suit . |
| 23 | If you 'd have let me in I could have washed your back for you . |
| 24 | When we look when we look upwards in eclipse what you can actually see if if you can imagine that 's a circular quite like an if I was really together I could have made a circular |
| 25 | Suddenly you could have heard a pin drop , which is enough to make anyone feel self-conscious . |
| 26 | If only she could have waved a magic wand to turn the fat girl into a raving beauty . |
| 27 | If only she could have done so — but Con seemed to be further away from her than ever . |
| 28 | If only she could have known how much I cared . |
| 29 | If only she could have seen me skulking around at Cliff Top , the very picture of melancholy . |
| 30 | If only she could have been taller . |