Example sentences of "n't have [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Sam said , frowning , ‘ You ca n't have dived out under the curtain , it goes right down to the river bed . ’
2 The home environment is private , you do n't have to drive back from the vets when you are upset and your pet is likely to be more relaxed because his is in familiar surroundings with the people he loves .
3 That bias towards comfort has meant compromises as far as sporting handling is concerned ; so you do n't have to put up with a jittery ride over poorly made up roads .
4 So now you do n't have to put up with a two-star performance from ordinary mercury-free batteries , when there is now a new four star alternative .
5 The way the ground just curled up at the edges until you lost sight of it , we could n't have crept up on a hunk of soya . ’
6 ‘ That 'll mean you wo n't have to move out of the coachhouse .
7 He did n't have much finesse to do the things but erm and I think he used to sh he although I I got on all right with him , but some of the people working on the floor like the wardrobe people and that he used to they used to dislike him because he was but I would but you do find s I think perhaps he was a bit unsure of himself because I do n't think he was somebody who 'd had a had a tremendous education , otherwise he probably would n't have gone in on the on the construction side which was being a chippy or something at Shepherds Bush and so you know you often find people like that they have a bit of a chip on their shoulders do n't they you know , you know .
8 but I said well at least you 've got it all done , you do n't have to rush around at the last minute .
9 But you do n't have to rush off to the other extreme .
10 You did n't have to get up at the crack of dawn to work out yardages .
11 If you take advantage of our superb offer , you wo n't have to get up at the crack of dawn and drag your clubs in and out of the car boot .
12 So likewise the Saturday nights here , I 'm alright I do n't have to get up in the morning .
13 You must have decided to follow her before she went into the school grounds , because otherwise you would n't have opted out of the swimming .
14 ‘ Besides , the fans did n't have to run on to the pitch .
15 Now , I admit that it ca n't be , it ca n't have come about in the way that Freud says .
16 It would n't have worked out with the first gentleman as it happens , because although he had a lovely smile , he was a ladies ' man and he did like drink too much .
17 He would n't have got out in the first place if he had n't been , and when he calls up he sounds sharp .
18 Sometimes you can let the meeting carry on by itself — you do n't have to bob up between every item on the programme .
19 For the first time we do n't have to scramble out of the hotel in a bad-tempered flurry of unwilling activity , whilst those boys hit the airport in their own good time .
20 He would n't have walked out on the family .
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