Example sentences of "could have [be] put [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ladder could have been put up against the wall any time of night — ’ |
| 2 | One might well have imagined that an exhibition such as the one recently at the Schirn Kunsthalle in Frankfurt ( and now at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam ) , dealing with the Russian Avant-garde , could have been put on in Leipzig , Dresden or at least East Berlin with the necessary detachment of course . |
| 3 | Officials at the bank now admit that they failed to consider the affected population , and that more pressure could have been put on the Indian government to produce environmental plans . |
| 4 | This showed conclusively that Thoresby 's contents were far more complete than had previously been realized and , with relatively little rearrangement , could have been put back as they appeared in early photographs . |
| 5 | Under the new Dangerous Dogs Act , Cleo could have been put down , but the court accepted her owner 's plea that she had been deliberately and maliciously let out of a shed , and set a new precedent by allowing the dog to go back to her family . |
| 6 | ‘ What would have been the latest time that the body could have been put in and carried away ? ’ |