Example sentences of "n't have [vb pp] any " in BNC.
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| 1 | And when the perpetrator was my own nephew , it could n't have hit any harder . |
| 2 | There was no difference between a chick that was totally full of worms and could n't have handled any more worms , but still as it were , behaved as if it was on the point of starvation , and a chick that was really hungry , had in fact , observation shows that , what parents do when they come back with , with the food is , very often they , they probe the throats of the chicks with their beaks , to see which one 's got much most room before they actually put the food in . |
| 3 | ( I could n't have drunk any of the foul water ) . |
| 4 | sitting there , you know , shaking , I would n't have touched any food . |
| 5 | ‘ Bertha 's health would n't have stood any district but W1 or SW1 . |
| 6 | that wh who in the government would he dispose of and he sat and smiled gently and said well he would n't have appointed any of them in the first place . |
| 7 | The argument in favour of plumping looks at first sight convincing enough : in the later stages of the count your own party will stand a chance of benefiting from the transferred lower preferences expressed by supporters of other parties , whilst those parties will not benefit from the transferred lower preferences of your own supporters since they wo n't have expressed any . |
| 8 | IF he had been running a 100 metre sprint final , little Louis Stevens could n't have scampered any faster yesterday . |
| 9 | I could n't have shot any worse I do n't think so I do n't know what 'll happen . |
| 10 | Perkin would n't have risked any way to kill me that meant creeping up on me , not after what he 'd seen . |
| 11 | I should n't have said any of it . |
| 12 | They could have shot her there and then and it would n't have made any difference . |
| 13 | It could n't have made any difference to them if we knew what was happening . |
| 14 | Even if Koskas had woken up it would n't have made any difference . |
| 15 | ‘ And it would n't have made any difference even if Marius Steen remarried ? ’ |
| 16 | It would n't have made any difference to my daughter 's well being , but it made a hell of a difference to her erm her social standing . |
| 17 | Just instinct , because I had my painting clothes on and a bit of water would n't have done any harm . |
| 18 | I could n't have done any of the things I did without her . " |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , but I 'm sure I would n't have done any such thing . |
| 20 | " You could n't have done any more , and I really am grateful . " |
| 21 | ‘ I would n't have done any speculating at all , ’ she informed him in a trembling voice , ‘ if you could bring yourself to be honest with me ! ’ |
| 22 | But they were willing to let us play on it because croquet would n't have done any real harm . |
| 23 | So I think caution is erm very important in buying a computer , and if you wait a couple of months erm you wo n't have done any harm , because something newer and more beautiful is always on the way . |
| 24 | There had to be somebody around , although from the state of the path he would n't have laid any bets on it being a gardener . |
| 25 | ‘ Of course , Taiwan has a Portuguese connection dating back to the days when it was Formosa , but you wo n't have found any opportunity to air it these days . |
| 26 | Malcolm said OK , but even he ca n't have had any idea what Christopherson intended . |
| 27 | Of course , if I had obeyed the rule strictly , I would n't have had any problems , but because I did n't want to knit the next row I thought I could move both cams . |
| 28 | Faldo could n't have had any idea of the tropical storm brewing when he and Norman exchanged birdies at the first two holes . |
| 29 | The old Oliver would n't have had any … trouble like that , and if he did he 'd just have danced away from it . |
| 30 | ‘ I would n't have had any choice , ’ he said slowly . |