Example sentences of "he [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course it was the bedroom belonging to the head of the house but he could n't have turned mother out . ’ |
| 2 | Britain , he could n't have had tennis on his mind . |
| 3 | Mr Rampton read extracts from Sir Anthony Eden 's May 1945 diaries which Lord Aldington agreed showed he could not have had dinner with the minister on 25 and 26 May as he had claimed . |
| 4 | Clarke explained that if Halsbury had won by such a majority he could not have expected elevation to a judgeship . |
| 5 | the income arising to the trust has a foreign source and therefore had it been received by the beneficiary he would not have borne tax on it ; and 2. the benefit — the payment out by the trustees to the individual — is not received in the United Kingdom . |
| 6 | I tried to impress upon the child that if he had landed in England before he met me , he would not have spoken English and people there might have regarded him as ridiculous . |
| 7 | Had she lived , I felt sure he would not have had time for me . |
| 8 | ‘ He would n't have had time . |
| 9 | He ca n't have told Sister , or she 'd never have pitched you straight into the A.R.R. Unit . |