Example sentences of "n't [adv] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You ca n't just 've thrown it all in a bin ! ’ |
| 2 | He was filmed prancing round the forecourt like a wayward member of a modern dance troupe ; the witnesses in the passing cars would n't just have noticed his approach , they would probably have pulled up to watch , so bizarre and entertaining were his surreptitious motions . |
| 3 | ‘ Though why you could n't just have told me … ’ |
| 4 | It must be getting very obvious , Gina thought , frightened by his frankness and aware that she could n't easily have told someone that . |
| 5 | You ca n't possibly have got it into your head that I 'm having some kind of affair with Lexy , of all people . |
| 6 | She could n't possibly have let herself get tangled up in the arms of Rourke Deveraugh , not in her wildest dreams . |
| 7 | ‘ I know you could n't possibly have meant it . ’ |
| 8 | I was convinced that the grass near the fence was long enough to conceal me , so they could n't possibly have spotted me . |
| 9 | They came when we could n't possibly have expected them . ’ |
| 10 | But in truth she could n't possibly have expected anything else — true to his Scorpio nature , Adam Burns was a loner , he needed to travel light and unencumbered . |
| 11 | He could n't ever have met him or else he 'd have recognised the calibre of the victim he had selected . |
| 12 | She may not live long and I wo n't ever have known her . |
| 13 | I should n't ever have got myself into that position but it 's a wonderful feeling when you get yourself out of it . |
| 14 | By the time you told me I was adopted , I would n't really have cared who my real mother was . |
| 15 | He could n't really have loved her , Rachel , if he could n't face what happened to her — and him a doctor as well ! ’ |
| 16 | I could n't really have done it . |
| 17 | ‘ As a matter of fact , ’ says Howard suddenly , ‘ when you think about it , I ca n't really have known what was going on in Bill Brice 's mind — or in Professor Cornish 's . |
| 18 | Mark 's friends would n't really have left her here , would they ? |
| 19 | ‘ He ca n't really have expected anyone to produce a thousand in cash on a Sat — ’ |
| 20 | It even knew which land was mine so I need n't even have guided it there . |
| 21 | Pity they could n't actually have joined us because I was last there on a Monday night and my four friends and I swelled the numbers beyond double figures . |