Example sentences of "[modal v] n't have [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six more contestants we need , the only rule is that you must n't have played a phone-in competition on this programme in the last four weeks . |
| 2 | So if you 'd like to play the game the only rule is that you must n't have played a phone in competition on this programme in the last four weeks . |
| 3 | They should n't have to pay a toll . |
| 4 | It was an obvious-looking deception , and should n't have had a hope in hell of working ; but the girls were mostly young and good-looking , and their prey were mostly out-of-towners , and as long as they kept shifting their ground the money kept on coming in . |
| 5 | A lot of people said last year that I should n't have had a factory bike , so I was happy that my early results demonstrated I was worthy of an NSR . |
| 6 | It should n't have mattered a jot what Luke thought of her , but it did . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 'm not at all hungry , really , ’ said Breeze , who could n't have swallowed a mouthful at that moment . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , as I said , my mother is allergic to feathers , so I could n't have kept a bird at home even if I 'd had one . |
| 9 | I could n't have run a raid yesterday , and I 'm certain sure he could n't . |
| 10 | Oh I could n't have done a quarter of it . |
| 11 | Oh , I could n't have done a quarter of it . |
| 12 | Walt Disney could n't have staged a better aqua show with Azinger hooking into water , and opponent Ballesteros topping it in there after him — and failing , despite a 40-foot putt . |
| 13 | You could n't have got a baby-sitter ? ’ |
| 14 | In any case , she could n't have held a conversation there . |
| 15 | We could n't have left a tap on , as we had taken the precaution of turning the water off at the mains , so where could it be coming from ? |
| 16 | Certainly , she reflected at the end of a long , tiring but satisfying day , she could n't have found a job more calculated to keep her mind off the past . |
| 17 | Not because I could n't have had a holiday only that er we had loads of milk so we had to go and fetch it from the farms and you got ta have somebody to take it out . |
| 18 | ‘ You could n't have had a golf course made for a man 's game more than that golf course for John Daly , ’ observed the man who has won more Masters than anyone , six all told and now playing his 34th in succession . |
| 19 | We do know that he could n't have used a beehive . |
| 20 | Without Shirley , he probably would n't have done a ton of marathons and collected his first medal from the Hundred Club . |
| 21 | Even I would n't have done a thing like that ! ’ |
| 22 | Just to put the coffin into the house , the would n't have to take a window out to put the coffin in |
| 23 | Marr would n't have turned a hair on that , thought Theodora , but she said nothing . |
| 24 | If they had had gear , they would n't have served a stranger . ’ |
| 25 | So you would n't have to spend a fortune on , on , on I mean it 's only a matter of most of it 's a matter of paint , and then hanging a few things up is n't it ? |
| 26 | The way Amanda had it rigged , it would n't have killed a sparrow … ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It 's accurate enough , ’ allowed Obispal , ‘ though by that stage my death would n't have made a whit of difference to the outcome . |
| 28 | If they would n't have made a scrap of slate it would have a world of difference to this strike . |
| 29 | But I think I think those elements are important otherwise Jesus would n't have made a point of it ! |
| 30 | The only consolation is that he would n't have felt a thing . |