Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [pers pn] could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | He kept their backsides so warm you could have fried eggs and bacon on them ! |
| 2 | I buy a cup of tea so thin it could have been made by Rachel 's landlady , and I stare out through a steamed-up café window across the cold empty promenade . |
| 3 | We disembark , walking down the rusting ramp over white cockleshell sand and water so clear it could have come from a tap . |
| 4 | ‘ As I said to Sergei back at the hotel , I only wish we could have used our own people to babysit Mobuto . |
| 5 | I only wish I could have hit the third . ’ |
| 6 | I only wish I could have been with Mr Grant when he researched the feature . |
| 7 | you know I only wish I could have heard him |
| 8 | When the Minister had ended the meeting with the words , ‘ Now , Mr Sanders , what can we do to persuade you to put more investment in Ireland ? ’ the Englishman had replied , ‘ The best advocate you could have , Minister , to influence more investment in your country , is a local plant manager who consistently turns in good results , year after year . |
| 9 | It 's the best result we could have hoped for . ’ |
| 10 | It was the best answer she could have expected ; but the memory of Fand sinking to the ground preyed on her . |
| 11 | ‘ I just wish he could have been here to see it . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I just wish , I just wish I could have been there , ’ he blurts out . |
| 13 | ‘ I just wish I could have seen his face clearly for one last time . ’ |
| 14 | But the Junior also felt a little odd , the playing area being rather off to one side , so Hamer would say it 's this that they 've looked to address — but I still think they could have done it better . |
| 15 | ‘ You know , ’ said Angalo , ‘ I really wish I could have read more of The Spy With No Trousers . |
| 16 | The damage will run into thousands of pounds but the couple who live here say it could have been a lot worse . |
| 17 | Cantona was bad , I remember thinking , never mind it could have been Batty . |