Example sentences of "could have [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the end of the struggle France had lost almost every single colonial possession she had , so that French imperial history had to begin all over again in the nineteenth century , but nobody in 1690 could have guessed at such a result . |
| 2 | However , everyone else advised him to do it and it was probably the most catalystic thing he could have done at that period , although I had the feeling even if he did get a hit , it was something he could n't follow up because I knew the style of his writing . |
| 3 | It is almost inconceivable that such a thing could have happened at eight in the morning in such a place . |
| 4 | ‘ It appears it could have happened at any time , even running for a bus , ’ said headmaster Harrison Huddart , at Hewart Grange School , Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 5 | The horse 's trainer Robin Dickin said : ‘ It could have happened at any time , on the racecourse or at home . |
| 6 | ‘ The doctor said it could have happened at any time . |
| 7 | The frosted glass panel with my name on it had been cracked , but that could have happened at any time . |
| 8 | I have explained everything to her , told her it could have happened at any time . |
| 9 | My first reaction to the resignations was that they were tantamount to an admission of guilt when , in fact , the Argentinians could have attacked at any time in the previous fifteen years . |
| 10 | They could have left at any time . |
| 11 | The Parish Council have asked me to express their grave concern that such an incident could have occurred at all . |