Example sentences of "could [verb] [been] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well it was , it might , could 've been dark grey |
| 2 | What a shame just Mickey again out on the right hand side , Dean made a great diagonal run in behind the full back and the ball was just a little bit heavy otherwise there could 've been real danger again for Blackburn . |
| 3 | it came , it did it almost came to a halt again and it could 've been dangerous as well you , children in the back , two children in the back ! |
| 4 | And therefore y er in a sense he was , he was acting on the basis of a false premise and therefore the wh sort of the whole set of conclusions he draws could 've been wrong . |
| 5 | It could 've been any doctor , and it might not 've been a stethoscope . |
| 6 | If it had n't the results could 've been catastrophic . |
| 7 | That could 've been disasterous . |
| 8 | The others realised the error at precisely the same moment , and the subsequent racing back along the track towards each other could have been useful in Doctor Zhivago if someone had shot it in slow motion . |
| 9 | It could have been worse for Rangers . |
| 10 | It could have been worse for Rangers . |
| 11 | Had we not pursued that policy , the position could have been worse . ’ |
| 12 | The news could have been worse . |
| 13 | Well , when we say horrifying car crash what we really mean is that one of the two cars got a puncture and the other vehicle bashed into the back of them but you never know , it could have been worse . |
| 14 | Nothing could have been worse for us than the children having to suffer and , thankfully , so far they have not had to . |
| 15 | ‘ It could have been worse . ’ |
| 16 | The move itself could have been worse — but not much . |
| 17 | Det Insp Jeff Crowther said : ‘ This incident could have been worse if it had gone on for any length of time . ’ |
| 18 | Doctors reckon it could have been worse , much worse . |
| 19 | Still , I reckon it could have been worse . |
| 20 | It could have been worse . |
| 21 | It could have been worse — that maniac might have killed him . |
| 22 | GUIL : But it could have been worse . |
| 23 | It could have been worse ; since the first strike had occurred at 9.30 p.m. after the main factory work-hours , and only a skeleton-crew shift had been in operation at that time . |
| 24 | After all , last night could have been worse in that respect … |
| 25 | The atmosphere at the dinner table could have been worse — for most of the meal , at any rate . |
| 26 | She told herself that things could have been worse . |
| 27 | ‘ It could have been worse . |
| 28 | It could have been worse could have been worse . |
| 29 | It could have been worse could have been worse . |
| 30 | Now this bloke , this bloke unfortunately measures it in centimetres , he would , would n't he , it could have been worse , he could |