Example sentences of "could have [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some moment when she , as a child , was on the verge of doing something wrong , and he could have fulfilled a father 's role and made her do it . |
| 2 | Those huge hobnailed boots could have kicked a hole in Berkeley Castle . |
| 3 | She could have kicked a dog . |
| 4 | Commitment to the war could have become a problem in itself as the chances of victory became remote . |
| 5 | Had he been caught or had he panicked he could well have been in very serious trouble : the charming young tearaway could have become a court case . |
| 6 | It 's doubtful that the on-board DME was in error since there were two on board and the pilots could have suspected a malfunction were the readings substantially different . |
| 7 | Hope looked keenly at the man , held his gaze a moment — a glance which could have ruled a line straight from eye to eye — and then snapped to attention . |
| 8 | that you could have done a bit more last year |
| 9 | I knew so many rotters before him , I could have done a degree in them . |
| 10 | As Merrill looked at him questioningly , he went on , ‘ Knowing , by then , just how you felt about the circumstances of Elise 's death , you could have done a lot of damage . ’ |
| 11 | I could have called a policeman . |
| 12 | Had Baldwin resigned immediately after the election , on the other hand , the King might well have sought to ascertain whether another Conservative could have formed a government and secured Liberal support . |
| 13 | If the known mosaics belonged to private rather than official or religious buildings , this might indicate the presence of wealthier individuals who could have formed a town council , as might the marked concentration of late villas in the area , including that at Ilchester Mead , just outside the south-western suburbs . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , a trail of gunpowder from the bed under the doorway , then someone could have struck a tinder ? |
| 15 | The blow could have split a mountain . |
| 16 | ‘ Incident Rooms I have Known ’ : Wycliffe could have written a book about them . |
| 17 | ‘ Believe me , I could have written a book on the subject when Joanna 's messenger found us . ’ |
| 18 | Only a week earlier on Palm Sunday , it seemed possible that Jesus could have led a rebellion against the hated Romans . |
| 19 | Yesterday 's high winds could have swept a poison cloud over Teesside in a matter of minutes . |
| 20 | For that last half-hour of the day , the dunes became a deeper gold and were scored with the long shadows of palm trees , whose tops were so green that I fancied that if my arm had been long enough I could have plucked a leaf and eaten it as if it had been parsley . |
| 21 | ‘ Whoever it was could have made a mistake over the night ; I was out at about that time on Saturday night . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , I could have made a mistake . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ My ancestors in the Scottish islands used to farm seaweed and if they 'd had our technology they could have made a dish like you 're eating now . |
| 24 | A very weird man — who , if The Pistols had stayed together , could have made a fortune flogging those snaps to a Sunday dreadful . |
| 25 | He realised that he was , in fact , looking at a man , so heavily clothed , hatted and booted in furs that he could have made a fortune doing tricks at the Glasgow Fair . |
| 26 | Some people say I was a fool and could have made a fortune . |
| 27 | All she was capable of doing was gazing at him , hardly aware of her own nakedness , while her eyes and her mind told her that , far from having to pay for women 's favours , if Rune Christensen had been so inclined he could have made a fortune as a gigolo . |
| 28 | Anyone selling aluminium step ladders outside the Belfry could have made a fortune because after the first few minutes of the match , newcomers realised they could n't see the action on a flat course , unsympathetic to any onlooker less than six feet in height . |
| 29 | ‘ But what annoyed us most is Downey could have made a phone call to us . |
| 30 | When we look when we look upwards in eclipse what you can actually see if if you can imagine that 's a circular quite like an if I was really together I could have made a circular |