Example sentences of "[modal v] not have be [vb pp] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The creature which should not have been came for her , clawhands jerking . |
| 2 | He may not have been prepared for what followed . |
| 3 | ‘ I had heard much about the Island , but could not have been prepared for the spectacle of some three hundred and eight square miles ’ says Val , ‘ I had five days in which to explore and photograph the unfamiliar panorama which stretched before me . ’ |
| 4 | Speaking after the disaster , however , junior Environment Minister Tony Baldry claimed that : " a discharge on such a large scale could not have been planned for " . |
| 5 | His toe-nails looked as if a knife would blunt on them and could not have been cut for months , possibly years . |
| 6 | The hostages could not have been held for ten minutes without Syrian permission . |
| 7 | This impression of " specialness " , of contingency , of the event 's occurrence being something which could not have been taken for granted , disappears in the sentence with -ing . |
| 8 | It is said that it could not have been used for any other purpose … |
| 9 | If the navvies had n't been there to help she 'd not have been found for days . ’ |
| 10 | Joe is keen to emphasise that the upstream sales would not have been concluded for less than full value . |
| 11 | Er , twenty years ago certainly , would n't have been taken for granted . |