Example sentences of "could [adv] have have [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd passed judgement on my morals and decided to punish me for something you could only have had the vaguest idea about . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Their attitude was part of an exaggerated respect for the English class system , and they did not seem to realize that an open-minded person like Horsley could easily have had the same sort of meeting at , for example , a CND conference . |
| 5 | Then we talked to Miguel again and it turned out the Indian had started this long conversation with him before we could possibly have had the accident . |
| 6 | Tom Cotter , the little fat station master who had gawked unashamedly at the beautiful girl on his platform , could still have had the same shirt on . |
| 7 | They could always have had the church watched and perhaps picked up Zoser when he came out . |
| 8 | She could n't imagine he could ever have had a single moment of nervous insecurity in his whole charmed life . |
| 9 | It is unlikely that when they signed they could ever have had the slightest hope of achieving such a reduction . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | The recriminations and angst of an unhappy marriage that reverberated through my head could well have had a self-destructive influence in that lonely , haunting valley and finished me off for good , no doubt . |