Example sentences of "there [vb mod] [not/n't] [verb] been [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This may imply that in cremating areas the vessels were made a certain size for the specific function of containing the ashes , whereas in areas practising inhumation there may not have been such specialised production , the vessels being drawn from the domestic stock . |
| 2 | Defending solicitor Bob Booker told the court : ‘ If the grating which surrounds the washing area had been clear there should n't have been any problems . |
| 3 | Perhaps it was the way the horizon curved upwards on all sides , like a bowl , or the way gravity worked when there should n't have been any . |
| 4 | When contemplating the history of the palazzo you have to wonder whether there might not have been some truth in an ancient prophecy made at the time when Alessi began work on the building . |
| 5 | ‘ There could not have been much of a selection this time , then . |
| 6 | ( 3 ) Subject to the following subsections , a person ( here referred to as ‘ the defendant ’ ) is answerable to the child if he was liable in tort to the parent or would , if sued in due time , have been so ; and it is no answer that there could not have been such liability because the parent suffered no actionable injury , if there was a breach of legal duty which , accompanied by injury , would have given rise to the liability . … |
| 7 | Sir Frank also acknowledges that British ships had not been adequately defended against Exocet , and that there could not have been any control over its sale to third parties as British firms supplied only components . |
| 8 | THERE could n't have been any doubt of ’ innovative thinking after managing director presented this packet of breakfast cereal at the Financial Times Food & Drink Conference in March . |
| 9 | In that era , so much of the day was spent climbing in and out of the correct clothes that there ca n't have been much time left for recreation . |
| 10 | But then , hell , he should know — there ca n't have been many other pop entertainers from the Cheshire market town to play here . |
| 11 | But then , hell , he should know — there ca n't have been many other pop entertainers from the Cheshire market town to play here . |
| 12 | ‘ There would n't have been much point in fusing only half the lighting system , would there ? ’ |
| 13 | There would n't have been many on the island then was there ? |
| 14 | There would n't have been many at that time in the morning . |
| 15 | He was aware of a slow feeling of triumph , a sense of release as if he had just won some physical competition ; without the fear there would n't have been this strange sense of excitement and content . |
| 16 | There would n't have been those sort of opportunities . |
| 17 | If he 'd been an ordinary man , there would n't have been any problem . ’ |
| 18 | There would n't have been any planets or stars then . |
| 19 | There would n't have been any point anyway . |
| 20 | ‘ There would n't have been any point would there ? |
| 21 | ‘ But there would n't have been any damage to my property if they had fixed the damp in the first place a year ago . ’ |
| 22 | Had the police department , under former Chief Darryl Gates , carried out its duties properly last April there would not have been such a spread of violence , he said . |
| 23 | IF ONE HAD been going to cast anyone in the title role of a movie called Little Big Man , there would not have been many actors in Hollywood one could have thought of besides Dustin Hoffman . |
| 24 | ‘ There would not have been many to mourn him . ’ |
| 25 | Neath , the leading Welsh club side of the moment , were more or less ignored because although their forwards could get around better than anyone else 's there would not have been much point if they could not win the ball in the first place . |
| 26 | There would not have been much music , one is suddenly reminded or much singing and dancing where Anna came from . |
| 27 | On the other hand , if he had n't been so keen on interfering there would not have been any tension because she would not have been here or even in France at all . |
| 28 | When Willis came out , England were 197 ahead with 151 minutes and twenty overs left and there can not have been many who doubted West Indies would win , but with Willis lunging his left leg forward and Willey protecting him from the strike as much as possible , they began to put together a remarkable stand . |
| 29 | Such an expedition takes time to mount , and there can not have been much of a gap between the Egyptian failure and the decision ( ? 453/2 ) to return to Cyprus . |
| 30 | Do n't forget , I have lived here three months , and although I know the family to be close-fisted there can not have been much more than that . ’ |