Example sentences of "could [adv] [verb] [pron] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merrill had the distinct feeling that he had noticed her distraction and she could only hope he had n't guessed the reason for it . |
| 2 | Suddenly , as we were walking on , we heard the dogs barking in that frantic , menacing way that could only mean they 'd given chase . |
| 3 | When he passed through the doorway and closed the door behind him Paige could scarcely credit what had happened . |
| 4 | You could scarcely see anyone had been there . |
| 5 | He could not think what had got into Helen , normally as rational as himself about all this , or so he had thought . |
| 6 | Really , she could not think what had come over Harold . |
| 7 | He could not think what had happened for things to have become so out of hand . |
| 8 | The SSI is concerned that a small number of authorities could not show they had abided by this ruling and would require some further investigation by the SSI and the Audit Commission . |
| 9 | That is to say , he could not admit he had made a mistake in siding with the Axis , without jeopardizing his continuation in power . |
| 10 | Those who could not feed themselves had only the option of closing their mouths against the intruding spoon . |
| 11 | Sycorax was lodged in his conscience and she lamed him , like a stone in a horse 's hoof ; yet he could not bring himself to have her murdered . |
| 12 | She added she had not seen a pewter mug with Ivy 's name on it in its usual place , but could not confirm it had been stolen until the house was straightened out . |
| 13 | At first his tired dulled brain could not comprehend what had happened . |
| 14 | I could not see what had happened , as I was standing on the settee to reach into the tank ( on a bookcase ) and the Meth blue was n't helping either . |
| 15 | He still could not understand what had happened , but at least he realized that Blackberry wanted him to show authority . |
| 16 | He could not understand what had brought Tess here . |
| 17 | He could not understand what had happened . |
| 18 | He could not know she had been on the beach long enough to see what had happened . |
| 19 | But she had not known when Foucard last spoke to her and he could not know she had found out . |
| 20 | No , she could not remember who had served her . |
| 21 | I could not believe I had actually done it . |
| 22 | Two days later , he brought me a charcoal drawing of her , very lightly done , a sort of dream-like impression and it was so like her , it captured the essence of her so minutely , that I could not believe he had never seen her , only listened to me . ’ |
| 23 | She could not believe she had rounded on him in the way she had . |
| 24 | She got up , went over to their table with the half-smoked stub , and said in her best BBC voice : " Excuse me , but I wonder whether you could possibly let me have a light ? |
| 25 | You could hardly say they had been reconciled , but there seemed no rancour between them . |
| 26 | Endill could hardly believe what had happened . |
| 27 | It had all been so fast , she could hardly believe what had happened . |
| 28 | The words rang so clear in her head that she could hardly believe she had n't spoken them aloud . |
| 29 | It was only two days ago that she had decided to come and now , as she stood there in the spring sunshine , she could hardly believe she had allowed this to happen . |
| 30 | She could hardly believe he had gone — he had seemed set for the night — and , to her consternation , the flat seemed empty and cold without his disturbing but magnetic presence . |