Example sentences of "could have [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And unfortunately I 'd eaten a large quantity of this Afghani black and I was really bombed out and I slept half way through Jimi Hendrix and I could have kicked myself . |
| 2 | Oh I could have kicked myself when I got up there . |
| 3 | On the journey he could have kicked himself . |
| 4 | He could have kicked himself , however , for imagining that although Eleanor had kept to her promise of inviting him to a meal , the ‘ little party ’ she had proposed would actually materialise . |
| 5 | He could have kicked himself . |
| 6 | Charles could have kicked himself for the cliché . |
| 7 | She could have kicked herself . |
| 8 | She could have kicked herself for the remark , for allowing Piers to see how much he got underneath her skin , but she could n't prevent herself . |
| 9 | She could have kicked herself as she added the last bit . |
| 10 | As soon as the words were out she could have kicked herself . |
| 11 | Belinda could have kicked herself . |
| 12 | Carrie could have kicked herself , even though she would have dearly liked to hear Seb say it no longer mattered . |
| 13 | The moment the words were out of her mouth Leonora could have kicked herself . |
| 14 | Similarly , different nucleotides could have strung together to form primitive nucleic acid ; but it is difficult , now , to see how that primitive nucleic acid could have replicated itself efficiently , without the help of some primitive protein . |
| 15 | ‘ He believed in the code of loyalty and silence but he could have done himself a favour by letting us know where all the gold was . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ It was a very important game , because one of the top assessors was there , but if I continued after half time , I could have done myself harm physically . |
| 17 | The Candy Skins could have named themselves after those stirring Scotts The Fire Engines , who pre dated The Wedding Present 's edgy guitars by about six years . |
| 18 | The Candy Skins could have named themselves after those stirring Scotts The Fire Engines , who pre dated The Wedding Present 's edgy guitars by about six years . |
| 19 | In effect , there was no apparatus , military or political , whereby Rome could have imposed herself forcibly on Ireland . |
| 20 | The other event that I remember well was when my Uncle Ned could have made himself a bit of money when a bird was shot down in mistake for a grouse . |
| 21 | I waited in the corridor for our blanket and any message for Sister Casualty , and brooded on the baby 's chances of survival , how any mother could have made herself pack her own baby in a carrier-bag , and what kind of thoughts passed through a woman 's mind when she walked away after abandoning her baby in a telephone-box , or anywhere else . |
| 22 | To think they could have saved themselves the worry . |
| 23 | ‘ I could have saved myself that fee . ’ |
| 24 | I could have saved myself the trouble . |
| 25 | If that 's what you 've been looking for you could have saved yourself the trouble . |
| 26 | ‘ So you could have saved yourself half an hour by going there . ’ |
| 27 | Prime Minister John Major could have saved himself a lot of trouble if he had followed that advice over David Mellor , the former Heritage Minister . |
| 28 | So he could have saved himself but he did n't want to . |
| 29 | We could have saved ourselves so much time and grief . |
| 30 | The Gnostics could not believe that in Christ the eternal God could have polluted himself by taking flesh and enduring crucifixion ; in the first epistle of John this denial is directly combated . |