Example sentences of "[noun prp] [modal v] n't have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Sir Ewen wo n't have been pleased , ’ Charlie said . |
| 2 | Gustav need n't have been telling the truth about the Allies — though it sounds as if he might have been telling it about his wife . |
| 3 | Reynolds would n't have been able to stand upright in one of them , and the open-mesh floor would have made it even more uncomfortable . |
| 4 | Both Clare and Elaine could n't have been happier . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course , Yeats could n't have been expected to know that . ’ |
| 6 | She must have gone to bed some time ago , else Jessie would n't have been able to sneak out . |
| 7 | Ian Botham ca n't have been expecting to have such a free winter , but he 's certainly filling it innovatively with a national tour of his show , An Evening With Ian Botham . |
| 8 | Elise ca n't have been mistaken about the tears . ’ |
| 9 | If things had gone according to plan , Jack would n't have been within 325 000 kilometres of Apollo 13 on that fateful day , 13 April . |
| 10 | Mrs Goreng could n't have been more different . |
| 11 | The irrational thought almost occurs that Shakespeare could n't have been that smart if he did n't realise that he had here a performer who can turn sows ' ears into silk purses , and silk purses into live butterflies . |
| 12 | I gather there was a defender on the goal line so Strachan could n't have been offside at all . |
| 13 | numeracy because Andrew would n't have been testing algebra or things like that , you 'd have just |
| 14 | Come to think of it , Columbia would n't have been around if it had n't been for the blues . |
| 15 | ‘ Mait wo n't have been heading for the dock , ’ Ace reasoned . |
| 16 | Mr McArdle should n't have been on the train . |
| 17 | Its owner is upset by what 's happened , but feels Mark should n't have been playing with the dog in the first place . |
| 18 | Macbeth should n't have been indecisive about the murder . |