Example sentences of "[modal v] n't have been [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 2 | Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap . |
| 3 | ‘ But it could n't have been like that . |
| 4 | ‘ All the coaches in the world would n't have been of any use if you had n't had courage . |
| 5 | if it 's doing so well , oh and you would n't have been on that long under a Labour Government , of course , it would 've been jobs for the boys , they 'd 've slipped you in I 'm sure . |
| 6 | That 's why I have to keep an eye on it cos that blind and that , but it wo n't come yet , it would n't have been on that , that was priced it . |
| 7 | He would n't have been on this airwell at the time , though . |
| 8 | She would n't have been at all surprised if she were . |
| 9 | ‘ Hello ? ’ she enquired , and would n't have been at all surprised , the way her head was , had it been Reception ringing to say that she had n't filled in her reservation form correctly . |
| 10 | Do you think if he 'd been sent into hospital earlier he would n't have been in such a |
| 11 | It ca n't have been like that really , though I believe records show that the summers in the late Twenties and early Thirties were warm and dry . |