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 . ’
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