Example sentences of "[not/n't] [verb] been [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 IF ONE HAD been going to cast anyone in the title role of a movie called Little Big Man , there would not have been many actors in Hollywood one could have thought of besides Dustin Hoffman .
2 ( 3 ) Subject to the following subsections , a person ( here referred to as ‘ the defendant ’ ) is answerable to the child if he was liable in tort to the parent or would , if sued in due time , have been so ; and it is no answer that there could not have been such liability because the parent suffered no actionable injury , if there was a breach of legal duty which , accompanied by injury , would have given rise to the liability . …
3 There would not have been much music , one is suddenly reminded or much singing and dancing where Anna came from .
4 Gary Kemp 's portrayal of the homosexual psychopath Ronnie is utterly chilling ; we are not shown what he does in bed , but it can not have been much fun for his boyfriend .
5 Neath , the leading Welsh club side of the moment , were more or less ignored because although their forwards could get around better than anyone else 's there would not have been much point if they could not win the ball in the first place .
6 It seems little short of incredible now that such a talent should not have been any source of income for half a century after she left art school , but heartening that the lack of any fiscal reward and only intermittent recognition from her peers made no impact on her creative energies .
7 Sir Frank also acknowledges that British ships had not been adequately defended against Exocet , and that there could not have been any control over its sale to third parties as British firms supplied only components .
8 Physically she would not have been any match for Fen .
9 On the other hand , if he had n't been so keen on interfering there would not have been any tension because she would not have been here or even in France at all .
10 When contemplating the history of the palazzo you have to wonder whether there might not have been some truth in an ancient prophecy made at the time when Alessi began work on the building .
11 It may not have been this boy 's fault . ’
12 They could not have been less trouble , leaving the house at ten in the morning and not returning until nine in the evening , having already dined .
13 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 ?
14 ‘ 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 .
15 I would n't have been much competition by the side of sexy George , but still , a man has his pride .
16 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 .
17 ‘ There would n't have been much point in fusing only half the lighting system , would there ? ’
18 ‘ It would n't have been much use if she had .
19 There would n't have been those sort of opportunities .
20 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 .
21 If he 'd been an ordinary man , there would n't have been any problem . ’
22 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 .
23 ‘ 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 . ’
24 There would n't have been any planets or stars then .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 If I could have answered all the questions it would n't have been any fun at all .
28 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 .
29 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 .
30 There would n't have been any point anyway .
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