Example sentences of "[noun prp] could have [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you must exercise flights of fancy , I 'd much rather you concentrated on working out how Chatterton could have committed murder . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you think Nicola could have got hold of something that put her in danger ? ’ |
| 3 | " Frith could have killed El-ahrairah at once , but he had a mind to keep him in the world , because he needed him to sport and jest and play tricks . |
| 4 | Rather , where God could have softened Pharaoh 's heart ( as he did Paul 's ) he simply let him be . |
| 5 | George could have cabled Maxim , but that would have meant a cypher clerk at each end reading the material , and a letter by diplomatic bag would have taken at least thirty-six hours . |
| 6 | Either I have to give you so much information about myself that you are forced to admit that I could no more have killed my wife than Flaubert could have committed suicide ; or else I merely say , That 's all , that 's enough . |
| 7 | Ian Rutherford 's beautiful , coloured photograph that she refers to was in the best possible taste and the reference to Gilbert and Sullivan could have caused offence only to someone with an inbuilt dislike to the two old stalwarts . |
| 8 | I reckon Wilko could 've screwed gobber Ferguson for 2 million for Cantona . |
| 9 | Labour MP Don Dixon had said in the Commons on Tuesday that he believed Mr Fallon could have abused Parliament 's pre-paid mailing facilities . |
| 10 | ‘ We have got another 48 hours before we leave and John could have had treatment here , but Liverpool are ruling him out . |