We could have been paleontologists, novelists, engineers, or if we were really lucky, worked for Google.
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"This is a residential area and we could have been looking at serious tragedy here, " he said.
We study it, idealize it, and wish that somehow we could have been a part of it.
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We could have been just keeping things quiet and peaceful around here -- because change is hard.
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"Liverpool were miles better than us and we could have been completely humiliated, but my players coped really well, " said McKenna.
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We could have been held responsible if we had done anything.
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If we were caught talking with an escaped slave like Moulkheir, we could have been arrested or thrown out of the country without our notebooks and footage.
And not providing a complete picture would also be a violation of the resolution and we could have been referred to the Security Council for not implementing the resolution.
It's not a menial task and I think it's awful that we weren't put in that position where we could have been earning the same as a man collecting rubbish.
It's just disappointing, we could have been better.
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"We could have been in the running for a pay drive, going down the Justin Wilson route, " added the 24-year-old, referring to fellow Brit Wilson, who is struggling to stay in F1 after losing his drive at Jaguar.
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Or maybe, despite there never having been the least spark of sexual attraction between us, despite the fact that we could have been locked in a closet for seven hours and nothing would have happened, maybe, for some reason, Jacob is trying to seduce me.
"This has been vital to business and we only have to look over the Channel at our European neighbours to see what a shocking state we could have been in if we had not been as tough and as firm as we have, " she said.
"It's now important that we turn our attention not to what could have been or what we wanted to have been, but now what must be -- and that is a united party, " Huckabee told a crowd in Dallas.
"We have a couple of injuries among our bowlers, but we have to play accordingly and it could have been different if we had batted well, " he said.
While today we consider the program to have been a success, we realize that it could have been that much more successful had the government streamlined the process.
But even with that, we still could have been spared a lot of financial pain.
"Money is being taken out of frontline services, which we think could have been avoided, " he said.
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We could not have been as successful as we have been without the cooperation of the Pakistan government.
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"We could have easily been beat by Davidson, " Marquette coach Buzz Williams said.
Except for the tapered electric bulbs in the sconces, we could easily have been sitting there in 1849, listening to the sound of young Count Otto von Bismarck clanging sabers in the next room.
The fact of the matter is we could not have been clearer leading up to the compromise on lifting the debt ceiling that there would be danger and damage done simply by playing chicken with our economy, playing chicken with the full faith and credit of the United States.
We know it could have been worse but we should not underestimate the heartache that's going through a lot of these communities and affecting a lot of these families.
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To give you a very brief example, the revenue that the business we have registered in reality could have been 40 to 60 percent more if we were free to move.
"We feel that we have done more than what could have been possible by any other country, " he says.
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