we could have
Si vous nous l'aviez dit plus tôt, nous aurions pu y faire quelque chose.
If you had told us sooner, we could have done something about it.
Avec du riz nous aurions pu acheter quarante de ces gâteaux.
With the rice, we could have bought forty of these cakes.
— Les Sept Samouraïs (1954)
Nous aurions pu faire fortune.
We could have made a fortune.
We could have done better.
Dis-lui que nous aurions pu le repousser à Harfleur.
Tell him that we could have turned him away in Harfleur.
— Henry V (1989)
S’il avait fait un peu plus chaud, nous aurions pu prendre un thé au jardin.
If it had been a little warmer, we could have had tea in the garden.
Nous aurions pu aider Tom.
We could have helped Tom.