Example sentences of "n't have be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I know that ca n't have been easy for you . ’ |
| 2 | It could n't have been easy for her , a young unmarried mother , coming back to Ireland . |
| 3 | ‘ It ca n't have been easy for her . |
| 4 | ‘ It ca n't have been easy for them either over the past week , not knowing who they 'd be playing . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm ten years older now , and in retrospect I see that if Francesca had lived we would n't have been right for each other . ’ |
| 6 | He could n't have been unconscious for long , looking back , but it seemed an eternity at the time . |
| 7 | It would n't have been good for staff morale . |
| 8 | By that I do n't mean he could n't have been responsible for their deaths , I just mean that I do n't think he 's on speaking terms with his conscience . |