Example sentences of "she [modal v] n't have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If she may n't have a dram , ’ James said , ‘ What might I tempt her with ? |
| 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 | Berenice 's blood-pressure is far too high and the doctors are insistent she must n't have worries of any kind if she 's to go to full term . ’ |
| 4 | She certainly had her favourites , which is only natural , but she should n't have shown it . |
| 5 | Shit , she should n't have mentioned her age . |
| 6 | Her eyes were swollen — she should n't have wept like that , genuinely . |
| 7 | ‘ She should n't have been there , his wife , ’ Rab said . |
| 8 | She should n't have left , should she ? |
| 9 | Blanche knew immediately she should n't have asked , but the word made no sense to her . |
| 10 | That said , she should n't have been sold the tank in the first place . |
| 11 | It was an important fight , and she should n't have been conce with petty pickings like the hymn-singers . |
| 12 | Well , she is a woman , so perhaps she should n't have a strong point of view . |
| 13 | She … she should n't have gone . |
| 14 | I knew she should n't have told him . |
| 15 | ‘ She should n't have given herself . ’ |
| 16 | She knew she should n't have said that . |
| 17 | He added , ‘ She should n't have left the matches within reach of a child . ’ |
| 18 | Poor Stephen — she should n't have teased him by exaggerating her friendship with Martin the way she had . |
| 19 | She should n't have had any problems . ’ |
| 20 | Robert said , ‘ I was telling Lili in the car that she should n't have stopped being a dancer . ’ |
| 21 | She should n't have died as she did . |
| 22 | She should n't have to be bothered . |
| 23 | She should n't have approached you . |
| 24 | Sighing , Edward moved round to join her , muttering again that she should n't have started the firing on her own . |
| 25 | Perhaps she should n't have accepted his invitation . |
| 26 | George had seen the notice in The Times , and he was telling everyone he knew who ‘ A ’ was , he wrote , because he did n't see why she should n't have some of the credit and also because he was awfully proud to know her . |
| 27 | Perhaps she should n't have dismissed Dr Russell 's offer of private nursing work so quickly . |
| 28 | She was still talking about the snake that lived under the water tank when Tom swung the wheel and purred rapidly up the hospital driveway , and if his face was still set in a grim frown and he did n't seem to be listening to her words at all , she should n't have minded , because the object of the exercise had been to entertain Faye , not him . |
| 29 | I could see she was feeling she should n't have told me , but I knew she trusted me better than anyone else . |
| 30 | Unsure whether he meant silly because she should n't have needed the confirmation , or silly because she was n't likely to get it , she frowned . |