Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those things should n't 've been there , for some reason they 'd infuriated him . |
| 2 | Oh Charlie shut her up at , at Chris 's mums funeral , when we went to Chris 's mum funeral , she 's erm , she said something or other about , request something or other about , pointing at the I should n't 've been there really because I did n't know her and Charlie said she felt did n't know her and erm she said oh well Rose never spoke about her , or words to that effect , Chris says the reason our mum never spoke about her cos she never showed her face in here anyway , he said when was the last time you see your mum , at that , she shut straight up like that , her face went , she 'd like saying that I should n't 've been there cos I did n't know her , I mean yet , she ai n't set foot in the house for fucking year like , you know she 's a horrible cow , and like when we went in the church , when we went in the crematorium er you had , she had a nice , big one up on the hill is it Arnold 's ? |
| 3 | Oh Charlie shut her up at , at Chris 's mums funeral , when we went to Chris 's mum funeral , she 's erm , she said something or other about , request something or other about , pointing at the I should n't 've been there really because I did n't know her and Charlie said she felt did n't know her and erm she said oh well Rose never spoke about her , or words to that effect , Chris says the reason our mum never spoke about her cos she never showed her face in here anyway , he said when was the last time you see your mum , at that , she shut straight up like that , her face went , she 'd like saying that I should n't 've been there cos I did n't know her , I mean yet , she ai n't set foot in the house for fucking year like , you know she 's a horrible cow , and like when we went in the church , when we went in the crematorium er you had , she had a nice , big one up on the hill is it Arnold 's ? |
| 4 | The fellow continued his work replying coolly , " If I 'd ever had any brains Captain , I should n't have been here now ! " |
| 5 | ‘ She should n't have been there , his wife , ’ Rab said . |
| 6 | We press-ganged Simon Rodger into playing , and George Ndah had three stitches in his ankle and should n't have been there . |
| 7 | I was fifteen , and the nurses treated me as though I should n't have been there . |
| 8 | Already they 'd dusted for fingerprints but found none that should n't have been there . |
| 9 | Then he went down in this loose scrum , should n't have been there , but he was always a bit of a hero , and I put my foot in looking for the ball and there he was . |
| 10 | The Fayre 's organisers admit there were problems with noise , but say this came from a group of ravers who should n't have been there . |
| 11 | I should n't have been as thin as this . |
| 12 | ‘ Perhaps you should n't have been quite so generous with your offer . ’ |
| 13 | It should n't have been that easy . |
| 14 | ‘ I should n't have been so inquisitive . |
| 15 | Oh , I should n't have been so honest ! ’ sobbed Izz . |
| 16 | ‘ But it 's your own fault ; you should n't have been so … ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I should n't have been so … hostile , ’ she mumbled . |
| 18 | You should n't have been so nice to me . |
| 19 | ‘ In hindsight , that might n't have been far wrong . |
| 20 | The football might n't have been very good but it was a great time , magic . |
| 21 | I went out for a walk because I could n't stand being indoors . |
| 22 | next week so he could n't have been away anyway . |
| 23 | ‘ Maybe I 'd stopped believing , started wondering if things could n't have been just a bit different . |
| 24 | with a spirit-level ; could n't have been here ten minutes |
| 25 | Those present — the press at previews and the public at the major European motor shows — could n't have been less prepared for what they saw . |
| 26 | Fresh , though he could n't have been less than thirty and Jezrael was still young enough to think that was old . |
| 27 | It could n't have been less welcome at that particular moment . |
| 28 | See , the other week there , I was on beat duty and this wee nipper , could n't have been more than 6 or 7 , came round the corner and says to me , ‘ Fuck off , ya black bastard . ’ |
| 29 | The man moved efficiently past a child who had succeeded in entangling her pony 's reins with her feet and who was being blasted for it by a girl who could n't have been more than sixteen , but was sounding like a woman three times her age . |
| 30 | He could n't have been more than quarter of an hour having his tea . |