Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] been [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Michael Pisani 's informative notes with this set supply a good deal more information , revealing an extraordinary story indeed : Eckhardt-Gramatt é's; maiden name had been Friedman , after her mother 's ex-husband , who may not have been her father . |
| 2 | It may or may not have been his home for any length of time , but it is certainly the only survivor of that contemporary period of timbered houses with thatched roofs which frequently caught fire and were eventually forbidden . |
| 3 | It might not have been her place to reveal such a suspicion , but it could help to relieve Juliette 's fears on her brother 's behalf . |
| 4 | Why … you mean … the man who called the other day might not have been his brother after all ? ’ |
| 5 | It could n't have been their pantomime |
| 6 | Could n't have been our paper this morning they 've moved on |
| 7 | ‘ I did n't know the man sitting next to the producer was Dick Lester , who had just directed that film , ’ recalled Crawford ‘ Anyway , I got the part and it certainly could n't have been my charm or personality that did it . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Could n't have been your wife , could it ? ’ |
| 9 | It need n't have been my fare at all . ’ |
| 10 | She always had to find fault with everything ; she would n't have been our Mum else . |
| 11 | It ca n't have been my ear . ’ |