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- phrase nonstandard Contraction of
couldn't've .
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Examples
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I wish I couldn've watched him put all his brut strength into opening that coconut, but I was in the kitchen effing up the cupcake batter.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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I wish I couldn've watched him put all his brut strength into opening that coconut, but I was in the kitchen effing up the cupcake batter.
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But somehow I wish I could've softened the blow, couldn've written something encouraging and personal to the students who didn't do as well as they (or I) had hoped.
Archive 2006-11-01 2006
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But somehow I wish I could've softened the blow, couldn've written something encouraging and personal to the students who didn't do as well as they (or I) had hoped.
Blind 2006
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For all you know, the man who killed the other person, could have been unintentional, or he couldn've done something that had a great impact on the guy before he decided to kill him.
Moslem female Circumcision Lionheart 2007
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Surely the fashion thing couldn've been added to the livestream post?
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I wish I couldn've edited the crowd at the last note so I can actually hear it without all the cheering!
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I wish I couldn've edited the crowd at the last note so I can actually hear it without all the cheering!
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I wish I couldn've edited the crowd at the last note so I can actually hear it without all the cheering!
Carrie Underwood Fans badnfluenz 2010
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I wish I couldn've edited the crowd at the last note so I can actually hear it without all the cheering!
Carrie Underwood Fans badnfluenz 2010
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