Example sentences of "could [vb infin] taken a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If only could have stayed behind to hear this being said , he could 've taken a lot of messages back to his friends in government . |
| 2 | Oh , Jessie , of all the people you could have taken a fancy to in this world you 've got to go and pick one of the Feltons . |
| 3 | I said she could have taken a degree in her spare time in th she 's only she 's not yet forty I said that 's absolute rubbish I said th the world is full of these damn women going around saying , if only I had n't had children I could have been Lord Chief Justice of England , I said , it is n't true ! |
| 4 | Peterborough weathered the storm and could have taken a shock lead after 31 minutes . |
| 5 | And Person X could have taken a shot at you . ’ |