Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A target of 128 should not have been beyond England , but four wickets went down for 15 and it was left to Gower and Botham to make a game of it . |
| 2 | The dwarf had been a mutant , and as such should not have been in Kinsai at all . |
| 3 | In certain cases the insured or members of his household may not have been in residence for a considerable period but has relied upon friends or neighbours to perform an occasional check of the property . |
| 4 | The cost of restricting emissions in a country struggling with inefficient smokestack industries may not have been in Budyko 's mind , but it is an obvious factor in the Soviet attitude , as it is elsewhere . |
| 5 | But bedtime was at the usual time and , though Francie returned very late , he was slightly drunk so he could not have been to church . |
| 6 | It could not have been for lack of qualifications , for Moira had served seven years on the BBC 's General Advisory Council and four years as a director of Border Television ; so one can only assume it was because of my Liberal Party connections . |
| 7 | Tidal experts agreed that the body could not have been off Pilsey Island for more than 24 hours . |
| 8 | Now it was empty as it could n't have been for centuries , left to the tide and the sea birds . |
| 9 | It would have been so much easier if he had remained hostile towards her , but she could sense that that simply would not have been in keeping with his personality . |
| 10 | This section is for permanent residents ; I brought you here first because if it had got out that you had been here and had n't seen this lot my life would n't have been worth living . |
| 11 | He 'd passed his last medical , otherwise he would n't have been on board . |
| 12 | It ca n't have been about school . |
| 13 | A child will not have been in school many days before he is made aware of individual differences among his classmates . |
| 14 | Plainly national security can not have been at stake since that had already been damaged . |