Example sentences of "could have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could 've heard a critic smile ! |
| 2 | In the old days he could 've swallowed a six-pack in half an hour and then gone out and walked a tightrope . |
| 3 | Another punch and I could 've lost the lot . ’ |
| 4 | You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today . |
| 5 | I could 've made a fortune flogging beads to hippies . ’ |
| 6 | She could 've smoked ci er cigarillos , she could 've smoked a pipe , yeah , erm tt with regards to working , you did ask did she work but is sh she is a tax payer , she was n't because it 's pin money . |
| 7 | All the money we spent on this stuff , ’ she indicated her drink , ’ could 've floated a battleship over the years . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Or they could 've got a plane to Paris , nobody would have stopped them . |
| 10 | You should of said , I could 've borrowed a chair . |
| 11 | Reck'n ye could 've fried the eggs on the cylinder heads it 's so bright and clean and polished . |
| 12 | Oh aye , I could 've paid the fine . |
| 13 | ‘ We could 've had a pizza in town , ’ she reminded him . |
| 14 | Nine months and five days , you could 've had a baby by now . |
| 15 | You never really sort of said well was it , was it a slipped disc or is it gone or have you got ta go back for any more tests or anything like that er and bearing in mind that he also said he was keen on sports and he played tennis and so on , you could 've had the opportunity there to say oh have your back problem , back troubles made in difference to you in that area ? |
| 16 | I could 've had the Queen Mum to tea there and not been ashamed . |
| 17 | Well you could 've washed the marmalade out while you were s out the saucer . |
| 18 | They could have filled the cellars of Masham with McEwans 80/ and Youngers No. 3 from Edinburgh or with the new Theakstons-on-Tyne which the locals declare is a far inferior brew . |
| 19 | Some moment when she , as a child , was on the verge of doing something wrong , and he could have fulfilled a father 's role and made her do it . |
| 20 | I have cited the work of Olson , Hildyard and Greenfield as representative of the ‘ strong ’ version of the ‘ autonomous , model , although other writers could have served the purpose equally well so my criticisms are not intended as specific to them . |
| 21 | Conscious of his literary failings he often pointed out that he wished some ‘ literary residents , who by their good taste and frequent travel ’ could have undertaken the task . |
| 22 | The driver could have applied the brake but because of a defective ratchet , for instance , the brake could have slipped and as a result would not be effectively set . |
| 23 | No President could have accepted the presence of Soviet missiles on an island only 145 kilometres from the American mainland . |
| 24 | It could have accepted the proposals which I put forward to rationalise and institutionalise the administrative jurisdiction in a boldly-conceived system of administrative courts separated to a large extent from the ordinary routine of departmental administration and free from indirect ministerial interference . |
| 25 | Only a government commanding enormous confidence and authority could have accepted the blow to its prestige entailed in acquiescing in the Austrian assault upon Serbia . |
| 26 | They could have accepted the arguments of the prosecution and the apparent evidence of the video footage and convicted the four Los Angeles police officers . |
| 27 | But nothing could have prepared the troops in the trenches for the carnage that was to follow . |
| 28 | He and no one else could have adulterated the wine . |
| 29 | Those huge hobnailed boots could have kicked a hole in Berkeley Castle . |
| 30 | She could have kicked a dog . |