Example sentences of "[pron] could have been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could have been any little old lady waiting for a relative to arrive from Holland . |
| 2 | ‘ I have thought about whether I could have been another of his victims . |
| 3 | In movements which could have been those of a somnambulist Kersey had retrieved his cigarettes and was placing one between his lips while feeling in his pockets for a lighter . |
| 4 | Smiles came from within , they were n't just a facial movement , and she stared at him assessingly as she wondered how she could have been such a fool . |
| 5 | She could have been any girl in any photograph . |
| 6 | She could have been any age , for though her face was weathered by the sun , no wrinkles marred her face . |
| 7 | Melanie wondered how old she was but there was no way of telling ; she could have been any age between twenty-five and forty . |
| 8 | In a flash a sniper , who could have been any gun happy soul anywhere , had killed . |
| 9 | Just as , er just as well you did n't go out because erm you could have been half way out there in the plane or whate when erm |
| 10 | I am not spreading or sagging , the glow of an early sun tan had probably removed a year or two and I 've discovered that lipstick does wonders , but there could have been little doubt in his mind that I was closer in age to his mother than to him . |
| 11 | There could have been little expectation , especially after the war resumed in 1369 , that circumstances would again favour papal taxation : yet they did . |
| 12 | But these were the only two films he had made in seven years , and there could have been little doubt that his particular tradition of uniformed , clenched , period Englishmen had become unfashionable in America with the coming of the new realist cinema immediately after the war . |
| 13 | If this had been a reflection of basic principles of justice there could have been little cause for complaint , but in fact an examination of the position shows clearly that this was not the case . |
| 14 | However , I now see that there could have been less concurrence between them on this matter than I had supposed , and so I was a disappointment to both of them . |
| 15 | It has not been a characteristic of the Department of Education and Science in the past few years — The Minister seems not to accept that , but if he talked to teachers about one or two recent arbitrary changes in education provision , he might well hear the view that there could have been more consultation . |
| 16 | There could have been another contributory factor having a bearing on the origin of man 's appreciation of beauty . |
| 17 | There could have been another car/coach/taxi coming the other way ! ’ |
| 18 | You can see where there could have been some buildings outside the main ring wall . |
| 19 | With regard to the relics , I was prepared at least to consider the possibility that there could have been some sort of automatic response in the nerves and muscle fibres triggered by the lightning . |
| 20 | That 's not to say there was n't child abuse now , I I have my own thoughts and in my own feelings feel that there could have been some child abuse especially ch sexual abuse . |
| 21 | The recommended books might have been borrowed from a fellow student , or bought , or there could have been some alternative reading . |
| 22 | The above-mentioned aerodromes are only two I have selected , but they could have been any of many in both countries . |
| 23 | It could 've been any doctor , and it might not 've been a stethoscope . |
| 24 | It could have been such a futile act . |
| 25 | Their relationship was civilized and uncomplicated , and she wished it could have been that way too for Vi and Jane . |
| 26 | It could have been that , I suppose , which made the hairs on the back of my neck feel like they were giving off static . |
| 27 | It could have been that . |
| 28 | I mean twelve months is is the minimum period it could have been more . |
| 29 | Apart from that it could have been any accident on an urban road . |
| 30 | It could have been any letter . |