Example sentences of "there [vb mod] n't [verb] been [det] " in BNC.
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1 | 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 . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | But then , hell , he should know — there ca n't have been many other pop entertainers from the Cheshire market town to play here . |
6 | But then , hell , he should know — there ca n't have been many other pop entertainers from the Cheshire market town to play here . |
7 | ‘ There would n't have been much point in fusing only half the lighting system , would there ? ’ |
8 | There would n't have been many on the island then was there ? |
9 | There would n't have been many at that time in the morning . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | There would n't have been those sort of opportunities . |
12 | If he 'd been an ordinary man , there would n't have been any problem . ’ |
13 | There would n't have been any planets or stars then . |
14 | There would n't have been any point anyway . |
15 | ‘ There would n't have been any point would there ? |
16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |