Example sentences of "that [pron] could have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I realized that I could have been in deep trouble there : I came close to inflicting a serious injury on Frank Dick . |
| 2 | I thought of all the warm beds that I could have been in and I kneaded my fingers that were going numb with cold . |
| 3 | ‘ After all you 've done in the past for Rosemary and me , and are still doing , ’ he went on , ‘ I got to thinking yesterday that I could have been a sight more energetic in letting you know how delighted I am that you 're going to marry my cousin . |
| 4 | She seemed so angry that she could have been talking about hate , or revenge , or death , rather than love . |
| 5 | Horrified that she could have been so thoughtless , Rory laid a beseeching hand on her arm . |
| 6 | And I do n't believe for one moment that you could have been ignorant of the fact that she was wealthy . |
| 7 | You see , it hurt me to think that you hated me , that you could have been conspiring behind my back with a man like William , but then I began to think a little straighter . |
| 8 | At 500 yards distance it was just possible that we could have been mistaken . |
| 9 | But er basically the message did n't get passed on to him when I left it er the last time and he then did the tour Monday not knowing that we could have been recording it because |
| 10 | What we are supposing is that everything could have been exactly as it was except for the non-occurrence of the smell of the candles . |
| 11 | Just over half ( 55% ) of all applicants said that something could have been done to help them . |
| 12 | Then it crossed my mind that there could have been an accident . |
| 13 | The existence of this school suggests that there could have been other halls in the town , but there is no definite evidence . |
| 14 | However , I now see that there could have been less concurrence between them on this matter than I had supposed , and so I was a disappointment to both of them . |
| 15 | While George Boon rejected the suggestion that the very small coins were votive objects and may thus be found in some quantity on temple sites , he sensibly adds that there could have been a tendency for poor quality coins ‘ to gravitate to these shrines as easily as to the offertory of a country church ’ . |
| 16 | The systematic study of a non-standard system , however , supports the argument that there could have been orderly variation in EModE involving merger and reversal patterns of /a/ and /Ε/; ( or /α/); in certain consonantal environments , and suggests that the usual account of the history of /a/ ( fronting to [ ae ] and subsequent split into two RP phonemes ) is oversimplified . |
| 17 | With regard to the relics , I was prepared at least to consider the possibility that there could have been some sort of automatic response in the nerves and muscle fibres triggered by the lightning . |
| 18 | I felt that there could have been slightly more involvement with the police at this point , as it would have been quite interesting to hear their views on this problem . |
| 19 | That 's not to say there was n't child abuse now , I I have my own thoughts and in my own feelings feel that there could have been some child abuse especially ch sexual abuse . |
| 20 | It has not been a characteristic of the Department of Education and Science in the past few years — The Minister seems not to accept that , but if he talked to teachers about one or two recent arbitrary changes in education provision , he might well hear the view that there could have been more consultation . |
| 21 | It would have been nice to have had somebody so that they could have been turned on together by the faint giggles and murmured conversation coming from upstairs . |
| 22 | There was consternation that they could have been overlooked on a day commemorating such a vital part of British history . |
| 23 | Although there are no known examples in Britain , it is interesting to note the number of stones bearing the monogram built into the churches , suggesting that they could have been taken from the pagan monuments and re-used . |
| 24 | The scissors themselves were ordinary enough , standard office issue , and shining steel : there was no outward sign that they could have been a weapon of murder , Dexter thought . |
| 25 | In fact , the high quality of iron ore available to the Romans in Britain combined with the use of charcoal fuel in the smelting process , meant that they could have been producing steel which would have given a much harder and sharper edge to the blade than normal iron . |
| 26 | Some of the questions were so easy that they could have been answered by a 10-year-old , let alone a student of 16 . |
| 27 | This may partly reflect the fact that many aspects of the situation ( road layout , signs , shops etc. ) were deliberately excluded on the basis that they could have been obtained from previous local knowledge . |
| 28 | It may seem incredible that they could have been remembered accurately for many decades , but the construction of skaldic verse was complex , and features such as the binding of pairs of lines by allit-eration , and rhyme and consonance within lines , perhaps facilitated the correct transmission of individual words . |
| 29 | ‘ Kenneth was always the one who reminded them that they could have been very well off had they accepted the offer , which they rejected . |
| 30 | And he thinks the fact that they could have been away for more than two weeks now may have been noticed by neighbours , family or friends . |