Example sentences of "could n't have [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I 'm not at all hungry , really , ’ said Breeze , who could n't have swallowed a mouthful at that moment . |
| 2 | Unfortunately , as I said , my mother is allergic to feathers , so I could n't have kept a bird at home even if I 'd had one . |
| 3 | I could n't have run a raid yesterday , and I 'm certain sure he could n't . |
| 4 | Oh I could n't have done a quarter of it . |
| 5 | Oh , I could n't have done a quarter of it . |
| 6 | Walt Disney could n't have staged a better aqua show with Azinger hooking into water , and opponent Ballesteros topping it in there after him — and failing , despite a 40-foot putt . |
| 7 | You could n't have got a baby-sitter ? ’ |
| 8 | In any case , she could n't have held a conversation there . |
| 9 | We could n't have left a tap on , as we had taken the precaution of turning the water off at the mains , so where could it be coming from ? |
| 10 | Certainly , she reflected at the end of a long , tiring but satisfying day , she could n't have found a job more calculated to keep her mind off the past . |
| 11 | His leg seemed to have stopped bleeding , or very nearly , and he could n't have severed an artery or he 'd have bled to death by now , but all the same there had to be a pretty serious wound under the cloth of his trousers and the faster I could get him to a doctor the better . |
| 12 | Not because I could n't have had a holiday only that er we had loads of milk so we had to go and fetch it from the farms and you got ta have somebody to take it out . |
| 13 | ‘ You could n't have had a golf course made for a man 's game more than that golf course for John Daly , ’ observed the man who has won more Masters than anyone , six all told and now playing his 34th in succession . |
| 14 | ' They could n't have had an accident , could they ? ’ asked Karen . |
| 15 | We do know that he could n't have used a beehive . |