Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't [verb] been [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She swung round to him , grinding out in a low voice , ‘ She must n't have been any beginner , not goin , by the uncles the child 's had . |
| 2 | Defending solicitor Bob Booker told the court : ‘ If the grating which surrounds the washing area had been clear there should n't have been any problems . |
| 3 | Sean , you could n't have been that shit-faced that you could n't go upto the Roger and ask him whether he was Roger or not ? |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry I could n't have been more help . ’ |
| 5 | THERE could n't have been any doubt of ’ innovative thinking after managing director presented this packet of breakfast cereal at the Financial Times Food & Drink Conference in March . |
| 6 | I would n't have been much competition by the side of sexy George , but still , a man has his pride . |
| 7 | ‘ There would n't have been much point in fusing only half the lighting system , would there ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It would n't have been much use if she had . |
| 9 | There would n't have been any planets or stars then . |
| 10 | If he 'd been an ordinary man , there would n't have been any problem . ’ |
| 11 | You 'd be stupid to go across the stepping stones if you did n't have the power to jump from one to the other , pretty big , but the , so are the distances between them and at that time of the year the river was pretty high too and r rather boisterous , so it would n't be very pleasant if you had fallen in , but you 've got to have that but you 've also got to have stamina as you said , but it would n't have been any fun if you 'd got halfway across and your stamina had run out , then fire brigade called out , the fire brigade or something . |
| 12 | If I could have answered all the questions it would n't have been any fun at all . |
| 13 | ‘ But there would n't have been any damage to my property if they had fixed the damp in the first place a year ago . ’ |
| 14 | At least , in the circumstances of this play , things certainly would n't have been any better had Marco not acted in this way , and they may have been worse . |
| 15 | We shafted Connelly when we took his shipment of coke but a gang war would n't have been any use to either of us . |
| 16 | There would n't have been any point anyway . |
| 17 | ‘ There would n't have been any point would there ? |
| 18 | There would n't have been those sort of opportunities . |
| 19 | ‘ He ca n't have been much fun to live with ; his wife would n't necessarily have been heartbroken , ’ Guy commented drily , finally releasing her and going in search of a large box of tissues . |
| 20 | In that era , so much of the day was spent climbing in and out of the correct clothes that there ca n't have been much time left for recreation . |