Example sentences of "n't have [been] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ said the Archdeacon , ‘ he would n't have been assessed in any very formal sense . |
| 2 | Yes but what you saw er in that clip just now , erm would n't have been done by cruel methods , I can assure you of that . |
| 3 | ‘ The way he has transformed the Labour Party into a position of strength is something that could n't have been achieved by any other leader in our history , and not by any other Party member at the moment . ’ |
| 4 | People are forever knocking the National Health Service — I admit I am not myself guiltless in this — but we could n't have been treated with more consideration . |
| 5 | It is a pity that this civilized sort of arrangement could n't have been extended to more cities . |
| 6 | I would n't have been bothered about any other cos you see it better on the , on the screen . |
| 7 | Eighteen months ago they would n't have been asking for more money |
| 8 | He ca n't have been so crap otherwise he would n't have been picked in such a brilliant side but the mistakes I 've seen were just appalling , and in the most important games e.g. the first Chelsea 70 Cup Final game when the ball went right under his body . |
| 9 | The chairman of Oxfordshire County Council says the bridge would n't have been repaired without public support . |