Example sentences of "could [verb] been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could 've been any doctor , and it might not 've been a stethoscope . |
| 2 | It could have been such a futile act . |
| 3 | Smiles came from within , they were n't just a facial movement , and she stared at him assessingly as she wondered how she could have been such a fool . |
| 4 | I am not spreading or sagging , the glow of an early sun tan had probably removed a year or two and I 've discovered that lipstick does wonders , but there could have been little doubt in his mind that I was closer in age to his mother than to him . |
| 5 | There could have been little expectation , especially after the war resumed in 1369 , that circumstances would again favour papal taxation : yet they did . |
| 6 | But these were the only two films he had made in seven years , and there could have been little doubt that his particular tradition of uniformed , clenched , period Englishmen had become unfashionable in America with the coming of the new realist cinema immediately after the war . |
| 7 | If this had been a reflection of basic principles of justice there could have been little cause for complaint , but in fact an examination of the position shows clearly that this was not the case . |
| 8 | Their relationship was civilized and uncomplicated , and she wished it could have been that way too for Vi and Jane . |
| 9 | ‘ Corporal ’ — her voice was clear and could have been that of a schoolteacher reprimanding — ‘ I have n't much opinion of my legs , but I can assure you you are not the type of man I would allow within parade ground distance of them , let alone pull them . ’ |
| 10 | This could have been that one chance ’ . |
| 11 | One deduction from this could have been that property should be as widely dispersed as possible , to enlarge the bounds of the citizen body . |
| 12 | Clearly Adalard 's influence was great ( Nithard was not alone in identifying Ermentrude as " Adalard 's niece " rather than as the daughter of Count Odo of Orléans , Adalard 's brother-in-law , though an obvious reason could have been that Odo had died eight years before , perhaps leaving Ermentrude in her uncle 's care ) . |
| 13 | It could have been that , I suppose , which made the hairs on the back of my neck feel like they were giving off static . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh yes — certainly could have been that . ’ |
| 15 | It could have been that . |
| 16 | Mm could have been that one . |
| 17 | Could have been that . |
| 18 | The Belfry PGA officials say profit from the match is around £800,000 although they admit this could have been much more if they had allowed in a greater volume of spectators for this , the first ever all-ticket clash . |
| 19 | He thought of sitting down to wait for a break in the storm but that could have been all night so he struggled on downhill , angling a little to the left , until he met the treeline at the bottom of the meadow . |
| 20 | ‘ But that noise need n't have been a retch — could have been all sorts of things . ’ |
| 21 | However , I now see that there could have been less concurrence between them on this matter than I had supposed , and so I was a disappointment to both of them . |
| 22 | It has not been a characteristic of the Department of Education and Science in the past few years — The Minister seems not to accept that , but if he talked to teachers about one or two recent arbitrary changes in education provision , he might well hear the view that there could have been more consultation . |
| 23 | I mean twelve months is is the minimum period it could have been more . |
| 24 | But they the Prestige Sterling as it 's known over here could have been more successful . |
| 25 | Cockerill made it two nil after seventy three minutes and could have been more as Shearer missed a penalty ; the final score ; Southampton two , Leeds United nil . |
| 26 | There could have been another contributory factor having a bearing on the origin of man 's appreciation of beauty . |
| 27 | ‘ I have thought about whether I could have been another of his victims . |
| 28 | There could have been another car/coach/taxi coming the other way ! ’ |
| 29 | I 'd made some mistakes and as far as he was concerned the pottery could have been another . |
| 30 | Mr Salam , 84 , a Sunni Muslim , is the most impressive of Lebanon 's dying breed of elder statesmen , but his words could have been those of a much younger man . |