Example sentences of "could have had the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You never really sort of said well was it , was it a slipped disc or is it gone or have you got ta go back for any more tests or anything like that er and bearing in mind that he also said he was keen on sports and he played tennis and so on , you could 've had the opportunity there to say oh have your back problem , back troubles made in difference to you in that area ? |
| 2 | I could 've had the Queen Mum to tea there and not been ashamed . |
| 3 | He could have had the hide off your back . |
| 4 | That 's where the real problem lies , if you could have had the P A , if you could have gone into the cupboard and got it , even though we 'd turned up at ten past six , |
| 5 | However , if the pilot is thinking ahead , that option could have already been considered and he could have had the plan ready for use if more height was lost . |
| 6 | If you had said the word , Mam would have gone along with you and I could have had the child and had a life of my own . |
| 7 | Could have had the whole place up in flames . ’ |
| 8 | For his pains my first bedmate could have had the benefits of a protracted rest in one of our quaint medieval prisons . |
| 9 | Can the Prime Minister tell the House how he squares his vision of a classless Britain with the experience of a constituent of mine from Fulwood , who was told last May that she needed a hip replacement but that she would have to wait 14 months for the operation under the national health service , and who was told that she could have had the operation immediately had she been able to cough up £4,300 ? |
| 10 | Still , the idea that they could have had the kind of torrid relationship that leads to murder was another matter . |
| 11 | Maybe I could have had the hotel ring the British Embassy in Lima , but I was too exhausted , physically and mentally — particularly mentally — to face all the complications . |
| 12 | Peter Mandelson , Patricia Hewitt and a number of other Fabian commentators could have behaved more courteously by addressing the Liberal Democrats by their full name instead of calling them Liberals ; Tony Blair could have had the courage to name them at all , instead of subsuming them into a vague phrase about building common cause with other parties ‘ around the world ’ . |
| 13 | But if you had an imminent on your side you could have had the ache of the wind and rain crying down from the clouds . ’ |
| 14 | Personally , I 'm speaking for meself , not everybody could have had the jobs . |
| 15 | A reshaped back four took time to settle and Swindon could have had the points wrapped up inside half hour . |