Example sentences of "n't have [vb pp] [num] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I would n't have believed two people could be so exactly alike ; you are , of course , identical twins . ’
2 He certainly would n't have said two , why not ?
3 So this individual , who I would n't have given three stripes across , eventually became a Chief Inspector .
4 The one time Mayor of Arden , father of the bruised Grace ( ‘ Had it been Paddy Ashdown I would n't have minded one little bit ’ ) , had checked in at the desk and was about to carry his overnight bag up to his room when he noticed her through the glass door of an adjoining room .
5 ‘ As for his hard-man image , all I 'll say is that he would n't have lasted five minutes in my day .
6 You would n't have lasted five minutes if you 'd gone after Bernard by yourself .
7 But I can assure you that I would n't have lasted five minutes in what , by any standards , is a very tricky and difficult market if I had n't been able to cope with the work .
8 They would n't have managed eighteen holes had it been you know a hilly course .
9 I think it 'd , it 'd fret but it would n't have hurt one of them to take it on .
10 BECAUSE , prior to this little jaunt , Mr Mellor would n't have sold one copy of any newspaper .
11 You could n't have got two people more different .
12 That was only meant for three , you could n't have got four in it
13 She would n't have got seventy-five thousand for that place , not with the planning permission on the land behind .
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