Examples of 'could have started' in a sentence

Meaning of "could have started"

This phrase refers to the possibility of beginning or initiating something in the past. It suggests that someone had the opportunity or ability to start something at an earlier time, but for some reason, they did not take action

How to use "could have started" in a sentence

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could have started
We could have started where we left off.
So the struggle could have started here.
Could have started with a cozy encounter.
A hundred things could have started this.
We could have started with a different majority.
Surely no activity could have started smaller.
Could have started his own hospital.
I do not know how it could have started.
We could have started again somewhere else.
That incident today could have started a riot.
They could have started when we were meeting.
Extraterrestrial civilizations could have started in the summer months.
I could have started it without the matches.
I do not think he could have started this fire.
I could have started at this point here.
I told you you could have started paying.
Could have started with the briefing.
But his problems could have started in puberty.
I could have started this article differently.
It is a search that could have started much earlier.
You could have started by introducing yourself.
There is an excuse we could have started using years ago.
I could have started complaining or becoming fearful.
Extraterrestrial life could have started in the asteroid belt.
I could have started mocking him sooner.
Bubbling pools where life could have started as well.
That could have started the fire.
Maybe even at some point we could have started a family.
You could have started with fifths.
I would have hoped that it could have started on a better note.
You could have started with that.
I just can not work out what could have started it.
Fire there could have started by accident.
I mean we do not know why or how that fire could have started.
You guys could have started without me.
A fragile part of the blood vessel could have started bleeding.
You could have started a street war.
Anyone with access to the kitchen could have started the fire.
They could have started the fight.
The idea of giving gifts to newborns could have started with this bible story.
You could have started a grass fire.
The military is investigating whether a training exercise could have started one of the fires.
Carmen could have started that fire.
Lightning struck the castle roof last night that could have started the fire.
Anyone could have started that fire.
Hoffer refrained from pointing out that they could have started a good five minutes ago.
You could have started work tomorrow.
In that time that you wasted you could have started a whole new lineup of tests.
We could have started last season with.
Another Modigliani forger could have started a gang war.

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