Example sentences of "could [adv] have [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | D. N. Pritt in his autobiography told of his many political cases and of one which ‘ came before a judge of great experience and knowledge , so bitterly opposed to anything left-wing that he could scarcely have given a fair trial if he had tried ’ . |
| 2 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
| 3 | From her family 's point of view she could scarcely have chosen a more unsuitable lover . |
| 4 | Had we kept the scheme going , we could soon have accumulated a sizeable fighting force , ready to do battle on land , sea or air and happy to seize the controls of any passing battle-sub . |
| 5 | And the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents warned that he could easily have suffered a heart attack . |
| 6 | I could easily have become a scapegoat . |
| 7 | At one time I could easily have become a fundamentalist advocate of natural childbirth ( Reaching for certainty NI 210 ) . |
| 8 | Part of it was my upbringing , of course , but I could easily have had a violent reaction away from that if it had n't been for the inhibiting atmosphere in the company itself . |
| 9 | South America could easily have had a marsupial anteater , alongside its marsupial sabre-tooth " tiger " , but as it happens the anteater trade was early filled by placental mammals instead . |
| 10 | ‘ Someone in his financial position could easily have got a doctor 's certificate to pull him out of tournaments but to his credit he never even considered it . ’ |
| 11 | He could easily have got a foot stuck and he would have drowned . |
| 12 | You could easily have borrowed a book from your local library and come to the conclusion that the specification of the 5086 was perfectly state-of-the art — whereas in fact it is now looking really rather old fashioned . |
| 13 | Twoflower hung on as best he could as Ninereeds swooped through a succession of caverns and soared around a spiral staircase that could easily have accommodated a retreating army . |
| 14 | SHORT of selecting a dead student , the Nobel Prize Committee could hardly have made a choice more calculated to embarrass and enrage the Chinese leadership . |
| 15 | With Gatting dropping out of the Lord 's Test at his own request , Emburey could hardly have made a better start . |
| 16 | When Gary Bennett gave them a fourth-minute lead against promotion-chasing Leicester , the Roker Park side could hardly have made a better start . |
| 17 | Darlington could hardly have made a worse start , goalkeeper Mark Prudhoe and his fellow defenders standing frozen to the spot as Preece smartly turned and shot into the top left corner in the ninth minute . |
| 18 | And Becker could hardly have landed a more dangerous floater with a first round match against compatriot Marc Goellner who , along with Karbacher , is part of the new wave of top German players . |
| 19 | John could hardly have found a better influence . |
| 20 | He could hardly have chosen a more exciting match than Sunday 's in which to run the rule over Yorkshire , but Robinson admits he 's a bad watcher of cricket . |
| 21 | A noted devotee both of the opera and the fair sex , he could hardly have avoided a dangerous liaison . |
| 22 | If Puddephat had been at the flat in Paris on Friday evening , he could hardly have squeezed a trip to Germany in between . |
| 23 | English mathematics had been in a contemptible state for so long that one could hardly have expected a solution to such an important problem to come from that quarter . |
| 24 | To celebrate the occasion , they could hardly have offered a more attractive programme — two of the top favourite operas of all time , plus a full-scale concert of the most popular music of Vienna . |
| 25 | But of course they are , and there is little doubt that neither Joyce nor myself could ever have achieved a tenth of the success we have without the help and support , not to mention the sheer selflessness and lack of ego , of the men who chose to love us . |
| 26 | She could n't imagine he could ever have had a single moment of nervous insecurity in his whole charmed life . |
| 27 | They may be summarised as follows : if it appears that facts existed from which a constable could reasonably have anticipated a breach of the peace , as a real and not as a remote possibility , and the constable did in fact anticipate such a breach , he is under a duty to take steps ( whether by arrest or otherwise ) as he reasonably thinks are necessary to prevent the breach of the peace from occurring or , as it may be , from continuing . |
| 28 | There must exist proven facts from which a constable could reasonably have anticipated a breach of the peace . |
| 29 | Arsenal could also have had a penalty when Campbell went crashing down as Forrest challenged him in the box for a Wright through-pass , but the referee dismissed their claims . |
| 30 | Making a name for himself as a boxer in the army had come easy to him , and had it been peace time he could probably have gone a long way in the sport . |