Example sentences of "could [adv] have [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the most enterprising squirrel could scarcely have done that . |
| 2 | Any amendment to the law that provides an aggravated penalty for someone who could not have foreseen that for which he is sentenced must be wrong . |
| 3 | He insisted : ‘ I could not have made that statement . |
| 4 | It would have appeared to be charity and she could not have borne that . |
| 5 | The man sitting before me could not have forgotten that ; he just chose to ignore it . |
| 6 | In a matter as fundamental as that of the constitution of the church , God could not have allowed that error should have persisted over such a period of time . |
| 7 | ‘ I could not have allowed that . ’ |
| 8 | He said : " she could still have altered that last part of what she foresaw . |
| 9 | The fall itself did n't kill her — it was hitting her head on the stanchion ; Georgina could n't have planned that . ’ |
| 10 | I only accepted this [ methadone ] maintenance course to make sure he went on one , too , because if I had n't , he would have carried on using gear and I could n't have handled that . |
| 11 | You could see her thinking about it , but you could n't have heard that on the phone . |
| 12 | Ten days before , the lad could n't have said that . |
| 13 | ‘ You could n't have done that . ’ |
| 14 | The Ipswich Borough Police could n't have done that . |
| 15 | I could n't have done that myself . |
| 16 | But the hoaxer could n't have known that . |
| 17 | And it must be , I 've been up here twenty-three years , it must be getting on for thirty years old that teapot and er I could n't have afforded that money for that stainless steel teapot , as those days , but I had it with my divi . |
| 18 | ‘ I could never have done that . |
| 19 | But as we made our way down through the trees , I realized that even if I 'd been better at baling I could never have carried that load : my forehead hurt , my neck felt stiff and strained , and the pine-needles on the path , compressed and polished by thousands of feet , were as slippery as glass . |