Example sentences of "could have [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Means you could have played it to blooming anyone . |
| 2 | Could have played it to anyone . |
| 3 | The stresses set up by the effects of heat and cold on the glass could have weakened it to the point that it may fracture under pressure in the aquarium . |
| 4 | But how on earth could he say that , any more than he could have said it to Miss Trimm ? |
| 5 | He wished he could have invited him to dinner that night . |
| 6 | Her whole adult life was a triumph of determination over a body that could have condemned her to permanent invalidism . |
| 7 | You could have cut yourself to ribbons . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You could have lent it to me , ’ Paula said , peeved . |
| 9 | They could have sent me to prison for two years but that would have been political suicide . ’ |
| 10 | And they kept her there when they could have sent her to hospital . |
| 11 | ‘ His indifference pushed her to the edge whereas he could have romanced her to the end of the world . |
| 12 | For all she knows , the social services could have given me to another family . |
| 13 | ‘ Who could have given it to her ? |
| 14 | Harvey said later that he thought the decision had been harsh and added that there had been no warning given about time-wasting before the game , although he accepted that Tyson could have mentioned it to the players during the match , a fact confirmed by the referee as he left the ground . |
| 15 | Oh , we could have consigned it to memory if we 'd set our minds to it , but we did n't . |
| 16 | ‘ Be quiet , child , ’ said Philip , laying a hand restrainingly on Harry 's arm , though he would have preferred to lay it about his ears if he could have had him to himself for a moment . |
| 17 | I could have directed you to a loch that is right by the side of the road where you would have caught nothing all day . ’ |
| 18 | Well you could have left them to it . |
| 19 | Had my son lived , I could have left it to him . |
| 20 | If we could have got him to a warm climate we might have kept him alive for a year or two more than we did . |
| 21 | The , the note is in fact er effectively the Bank of , could have endorsed it to , to a third party so to speak exactly as it would have done in any er any fiscal currency of the er of the type . |
| 22 | Oliver had his own ideas on this , which he could hardly put to Mrs Figgis-Hewett ; they involved her dramatic appearance before the dinner began when he had worked out she could have added something to Sir Thomas 's drink in the confusion . |
| 23 | Jane and Bill could have driven them to and from the party . |
| 24 | ‘ Anybody could have driven it to Exeter and dumped it at the station without leaving traces that would be discovered by anything short of a pukka forensic examination . ’ |
| 25 | As for Joe , who blithely missed a fracture a yard across , she could have pinned him to the wall with a scalpel , she was so cross . |
| 26 | ‘ Whilst I appreciate the trouble it 's caused you , you could have reported it to Bamford station and not rung me up , you know . |
| 27 | keith richardson says that Gloucester made basic errors and could have helped themselves to nineteen points … you ca n't afford to make such errors against a team like Bath and in the end things went badly wrong |
| 28 | After studying the option , or take-note , Roe replied on the 19th July , from Liverpool , pointing out that only the moderate Royalty and the advanced price of copper ( this was around £80 per ton for metal ) could have reconciled him to such an " unprecedented manner of attaining a Mineral lease . " |
| 29 | and then I could have shown mine to this lady , cos I mean the only difference is is the black and white is n't it ? |
| 30 | I could have taken him to task about how he was defining ‘ agree ’ and ‘ honest ’ , but just somehow did n't . |