Example sentences of "[pron] could have have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among people in their fifties there is a marked sense that , " if only I had been born 20 years later I could have had a better time ! " |
| 2 | Perhaps I could have had a bit of a chat to him . ’ |
| 3 | I could have had a contract to compare favourably with any offered to anyone at the club . |
| 4 | So all I 've got to do is when I run out again fill it up again spending another twenty five quid 's worth or so that would have been six and I could have had a free Corgi toy for Ricky for Christmas . |
| 5 | Ha I could have had a lovely new one ! |
| 6 | I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA . |
| 7 | But for her insistence on being free for Dickie 's holidays she could have had a ward sister 's job in Benedict 's by just picking up the nearest telephone . |
| 8 | You could have had a gap of many years since you worked . |
| 9 | ‘ You could have had a hundred casual affairs , and I 'd have adjusted to them somehow and tried to make you fall in love with me , but the thought that you 'd loved someone else and still loved him , because it seemed to have gone on over the years , periodically resumed … |
| 10 | Why , you could have had a career in modelling or something … ’ |
| 11 | With your qualifications you could have had a much better job , a better salary . |
| 12 | Pity she ca n't go as well , you could have had a quiet weekend . |
| 13 | He said for the money we spent here you could have had a percentage off . |
| 14 | You could have had a paddle like this |
| 15 | ‘ If only we could have had a child . |
| 16 | I stared at him , wondering what was going on in that complex mind of his , what his real motive was in pushing north by car when we could have had a good night 's sleep and flown up in daylight . |
| 17 | We established that she and Sir Richard are lovers , adulterers , fornicators , and in only a matter of time we could have had a confession that they were guilty of Sir Thomas 's death as well as the . |
| 18 | With regard to the need for direct and close contact , I do not think that we could have had a clearer example of that than the visit of President Yeltsin and the very straight talking between my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister and the president . |
| 19 | I welcome the declaration , which is a big step forward , but , given British experience and law , we could have had a directive in which we could have taken the lead . |
| 20 | Just think , colleagues , what we could have done with forty two million pounds , we could have had a conference twice a year not the biannual conference they 're on about . |
| 21 | We could have had a perfectly civilised meeting , and not this — ’ |
| 22 | And we only wanted the melted chocolate , we could have had a sticky finger then could n't we ? |
| 23 | We could have had a shower together . |
| 24 | No well we could have had a matching hair do . |
| 25 | The difference in the popular vote was less dramatic : for the CPP , 398 141 ( plus five uncontested seats , where presumably they could have had a landslide ) ; for the combined opposition , 299 116 votes . |
| 26 | Some of Bach 's melodies , however , are so freely formed that it is impossible to decide whether , like the above Sarabande , they could have had a simple outline as their origin , or whether Bach followed a free vein of inspiration , ignoring a well-defined construction . |
| 27 | Once the door was shut , they could have had a dance band going full blast and you 'd never know it in the next room . |
| 28 | If the new religion forced too difficult and direct a choice , it could have had a sticky launch . |
| 29 | Obviously , what is or may be of importance to an employer 's business is a question of fact ; and it was no doubt significant in Swain that S was the general manager , the wrongful employee was the managing director , his conduct was dishonest and it could have had a material effect on the defendant 's business ( labelling meat as " Empire Products " when it was not ) . |
| 30 | He could have had a fit . |