Examples of 'you could have prevented' in a sentence

Meaning of "you could have prevented"

you could have prevented: This phrase implies that there was a possibility to stop or avoid something undesirable from happening in the past. It suggests that the person being referred to had the ability or opportunity to take actions that would have resulted in a different outcome

How to use "you could have prevented" in a sentence

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you could have prevented
You could have prevented all this.
It is not something you could have prevented.
You could have prevented his dismissal.
There is no way you could have prevented it.
You could have prevented the bombing.
Neither one of you could have prevented this.
You could have prevented this last night.
You may even think that you could have prevented the death.
So you could have prevented this.
I will make sure that everyone knows that you could have prevented it.
Think that you could have prevented it.
The party last night was a disaster I am sure you could have prevented.
But you could have prevented it.
If he had sugar water when he got sick you could have prevented the seizure.
You could have prevented that.

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Abandoning Anna to die when you could have prevented it is a terrible thing.
You could have prevented them.
I never should have let you think that you could have prevented what happened to Laurel.
You could have prevented a murder.
Do you think you could have prevented it?
You could have prevented her death if you would told me where he was.
According to rumor, you could have prevented it.
You could have prevented it if you would just left your cell phone at home.
And you think you could have prevented it?
You could have prevented it, done something.
When there's killing that you could have prevented.
Feeling you could have prevented something like that.
Was an accident, one that you could have prevented.
That you could have prevented what happened to Laurel.
What if the patient dies and you could have prevented it?
You could have prevented this, if you listened to us.
What if she makes good on that and you could have prevented it?
You know you could have prevented this.
How are you going to feel if it turns out you could have prevented it?
I am sure you could have prevented.
Our encounter with the virus was an accident -- one that you could have prevented.
Neither of you could have prevented the collapse.
If you had heard the murmur is it possible you could have prevented the stroke?
Any one of you could have prevented his death.
You go back to your classroom. When there's killing that you could have prevented.
Not one of you could have prevented it from him.
It will sour your classroom forever. When there's killing that you could have prevented.
You may think you could have prevented the assault.
What if you did not? What if the patient dies and you could have prevented it?
You believe you could have prevented this?
You could have prevented it, but you chose to betray me.
If you had waited to bail out, you could have prevented the worst.
But you could have prevented that, and you did nothing.
You killed the Elders, you could have prevented it.
You could have prevented her death if you'd told me where he was.

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Examples of using Prevented
Prevented him from making the change
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Examples of using Have
These documents have been in my family for centuries
Have this done by the customer service only
He could not have chosen a worse time
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