Example sentences of "could [verb] [vb pp] [pn reflx] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’ |
| 2 | The other event that I remember well was when my Uncle Ned could have made himself a bit of money when a bird was shot down in mistake for a grouse . |
| 3 | To think they could have saved themselves the worry . |
| 4 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
| 5 | If that 's what you 've been looking for you could have saved yourself the trouble . |
| 6 | Prime Minister John Major could have saved himself a lot of trouble if he had followed that advice over David Mellor , the former Heritage Minister . |
| 7 | She could have picked herself a better boyfriend . |