Example sentences of "it could [verb] been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She became aware at an early stage that there was an entirely different way of life available not far outside Baldersdale , perhaps more appealing to her , but it could have been on another planet . |
| 2 | But it could have been on my knees . |
| 3 | But I think it could have been over him . |
| 4 | ‘ It could have been about anyone . |
| 5 | But it could have been about the time Ephraim disappeared . ’ |
| 6 | It could have been as an unlucky loser against Fisher in the Ulster championships that Stephen Gibson got this glamour trip , but there was nothing controversial about Eddie 's win this time over the Immaculata lad . |
| 7 | Generally , it is thought that the cheese took its name from Dunlop village or parish but it could have been from Mrs. Barbara Dunlop ; we will never know . |
| 8 | No one can remember precisely when the last crime was committed , but it could have been in the early 1900s . |
| 9 | BELOW : Stanley Mill in 1987 , but it could have been in the last century , with its elegant , yet functional iron arches , which allowed plenty of room for line-shafting . |
| 10 | ‘ We think that it could have been in the Holborn Circus area . ’ |
| 11 | It is not known where he learned his trade , but if it was not in Raunds it could have been in Cambridge , where a Thomas Grumbold ( d . |
| 12 | Of course it could have been in B Minor and then they would all have been carried out . ’ |
| 13 | The indignation of the trade union mounts ; there is the threat of a strike ; Government , which fears a strike more than the nationalised undertaking , sounds the call for retreat ; and amid paeans of praise for everybody 's wisdom in choosing the path of peace the claim is settled — more generously than it could have been in the first place ( Aubrey Jones , cited in Bell 1975 : 10 ) . |