Example sentences of "[modal v] n't have be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must n't have been concentrating . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He , he phoned you you mus , you must n't have been in . |
| 4 | I must n't have been out of that office half an hour and I 'd , she 'd rung here and left a message to say I could go on it . |
| 5 | ‘ My dear fellow , we spend our time here working on things that should n't have been said , but unless they are , ’ he added thoughtfully , ‘ nobody gets anywhere . |
| 6 | She protested that they should n't have been put on there without her authority , and the farm chaps laughed and said , ‘ You wo n't be wanting that again . ’ |
| 7 | Scunthorpe survived largely because Futcher thought he was offside when he was n't and Deary was when he should n't have been — his 81st-minute goal being disallowed to the despair of the home fans and the delight of those setting off across the black hills . |
| 8 | I should n't have been content to be just a wife . ’ |
| 9 | He should n't have been thinking about things like that at his age ! ’ |
| 10 | I should n't have been in his study in the first place . |
| 11 | Morrissey was deeply upset by the ‘ Suffer Little Children ’ episode , but he should n't have been surprised . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ She should n't have been there , his wife , ’ Rab said . |
| 14 | But they thought that the boys should n't have been swimming there anyway . |
| 15 | Perhaps his initial success should n't have been all that surprising for he comes of good rugby stock . |
| 16 | We press-ganged Simon Rodger into playing , and George Ndah had three stitches in his ankle and should n't have been there . |
| 17 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 18 | That said , she should n't have been sold the tank in the first place . |
| 19 | It was an important fight , and she should n't have been conce with petty pickings like the hymn-singers . |
| 20 | There should n't have been a cattle herd of feet trampling over the grass . |
| 21 | I was so stunned you 'd managed to pull off such a coup — but I should n't have been surprised , remembering how you built up the company from nothing . ’ |
| 22 | Mr Evans was angry and he should n't have been , she had tried so hard to explain … |
| 23 | Dotty was n't at all sure the poor woman should n't have been left in the telephone box until the ambulance arrived , rather than carried by George across the square in a fireman 's lift under an old blanket , but Rose had convinced her that a scandal must be avoided at all costs . |
| 24 | I should n't have been where there was dust and that . |
| 25 | When the officers were finally allowed to see Oliver , Dr Losberne said , ‘ This is a boy who was shot this morning while walking on a farmer 's property where he should n't have been . |
| 26 | I was fifteen , and the nurses treated me as though I should n't have been there . |
| 27 | There were date palms in the middle ground and I should n't have been surprised to see a pyramid in the distance . |
| 28 | Already they 'd dusted for fingerprints but found none that should n't have been there . |
| 29 | Perhaps it was the way the horizon curved upwards on all sides , like a bowl , or the way gravity worked when there should n't have been any . |
| 30 | I should n't have been as thin as this . |