Example sentences of "[not/n't] [adv] have been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of this view I have , I believe Alfieri need not necessarily have been a lawyer as almost any other outsider would have done the job just as well . |
| 2 | But her appointment should not just have been a token . |
| 3 | He mused on how different his life would have been if he had met Viola when he was twenty-two , or rather someone like her , for she would not even have been a twinkle in her parents ' eyes at that stage . |
| 4 | Neither does Poulantzas explain what the peasantry would have been like if it had not had this pertinent effect , except in so far as he stipulates that they would not then have been a class . |
| 5 | ‘ It ca n't just have been a whim . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ She ca n't really have been a witch . |
| 7 | And I think it should n't even have been a question for the Celtic connection to be there . |