Example sentences of "could [verb] [been] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ah yes , well you see , you see , in effect if you called her an old , that could 've been , that , that , that , that , that , that , that could 've been eh , that could 've been eh , that could 've been , you know , you could 've been given her a , that could 've of been a praise , you old cow . |
| 2 | Georgi Markov , the Bulgarian dissident writer , recalled the first speech given by a new factory director which could have been given by any Romanian middle-ranking cynical conformist when put in charge of an operation by an arbitrary decision from the top . |
| 3 | Not much enlightenment there ; the same reply could have been given at any time in the past four years . |
| 4 | It seems obvious to me now that several factors involved could have been given more thought . |
| 5 | It would be unfortunate if you generalized a great deal and delivered a speech which could have been given at anybody 's wedding , when the bride and groom have fascinating family histories . |
| 6 | If somehow she could have been given a meagre share in their relationship , if one or the other had treated her as a confidante , it might have been more bearable . |
| 7 | This categorisation could have been carried out in other ways , and other purposes seen here as secondary could have been given greater prominence . |
| 8 | Does the Secretary of State imagine that such figures could have been given to any other Parliament in the European Community — especially in a country that had enjoyed a North sea oil bonanza over the years ? |
| 9 | The table is believed to date from the 1930s and could have been given to the club by a local building firm , whose managing director was on the Quakers board . |
| 10 | He could have been giving a traffic broadcast . |