Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [vb pp] [pers pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we had really wanted to take over control of local government we could have done it years ago , ’ he said . |
| 2 | I could have called it k instead , but for reasons that become apparent in a moment we will be interested in the size of the square root of the number , so I have used |
| 3 | ‘ If only his teachers and psychologists had identified his problems earlier on , we could have saved him years of anguish , ’ his father said . |
| 4 | That click could have cost him £250,000 , the difference between first and third place . |
| 5 | She married and he only ever saw her once again , yet declared : ‘ She was really , really , the only being in the world who could have given me peace and rest . ’ |
| 6 | I could have told you years ago how I feel about you instead of trying to pretend to myself that I felt nothing . ’ |
| 7 | I could have got you tickets for the Grand Prix . ’ |
| 8 | But it was night-time , and anybody could have borrowed it-a chauffeur , anybody . ’ |
| 9 | This feat could have earned him £6,000 from the bookies if he had put his money where his mouth was . |