Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr McArdle should n't have been on the train . |
| 2 | For a start he should n't have been on the table . |
| 3 | Except you should n't have been on the pavement . |
| 4 | I should n't have been in his study in the first place . |
| 5 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 6 | The mess was almost empty except for an Education Corps captain who was also using the place as an hotel , and three unmarried young officers who 'd been playing tennis and should n't have been in the ante-room dressed like that . |
| 7 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 8 | By rights he should n't have been in the race at all . |
| 9 | Apparently Harry could n't tolerate being with other people . |
| 10 | Another noise , a continuous whistle , very faint and high , she could n't decide was in the walls or in her ears . |
| 11 | But the whole point of Pam being there , my being fostered , was if I could n't cope was for her to take over . |
| 12 | Singer Richard Fairbrass , stormed at the duo at No.12 with Magic Friend : ‘ They could n't have been at the same show . |
| 13 | If what he told Rose was true , he could n't have been at the belvedere after about a quarter to nine . |
| 14 | Now it was empty as it could n't have been for centuries , left to the tide and the sea birds . |
| 15 | Could n't have been for the sex if Rose is to be believed , so must have wanted you for dinner . ’ |
| 16 | I mean , so they could n't have been for er er Germany . |
| 17 | ‘ But it could n't have been like that . |
| 18 | But then , I 'm so lazy with this band I could n't imagine being in two bands at once . |
| 19 | Should he achieve it , he would n't mind being in the British team at Victoria , in Canada , next year . |
| 20 | Would n't mind being in that upper sixth . |
| 21 | But without her virtue , even if she had been beautiful , she would n't have been worth the weight of her little toe in dross . |
| 22 | This section is for permanent residents ; I brought you here first because if it had got out that you had been here and had n't seen this lot my life would n't have been worth living . |
| 23 | ‘ All the coaches in the world would n't have been of any use if you had n't had courage . |
| 24 | As a member of the family , you would n't have been on the list . |
| 25 | It would n't have been on the books if I ever seen blatant sectarianism at its worst it 's in that bloody motion . |
| 26 | He would n't have been on this airwell at the time , though . |
| 27 | if it 's doing so well , oh and you would n't have been on that long under a Labour Government , of course , it would 've been jobs for the boys , they 'd 've slipped you in I 'm sure . |
| 28 | He 'd passed his last medical , otherwise he would n't have been on board . |
| 29 | That 's why I have to keep an eye on it cos that blind and that , but it wo n't come yet , it would n't have been on that , that was priced it . |
| 30 | ‘ I know that if Ken had had any kind of sexual relationship it would n't have been with anyone he knew well . |