Example sentences of "[modal v] n't have been [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr McArdle should n't have been on the train . |
| 2 | For a start he should n't have been on the table . |
| 3 | Except you should n't have been on the pavement . |
| 4 | The mess was almost empty except for an Education Corps captain who was also using the place as an hotel , and three unmarried young officers who 'd been playing tennis and should n't have been in the ante-room dressed like that . |
| 5 | By rights he should n't have been in the race at all . |
| 6 | Singer Richard Fairbrass , stormed at the duo at No.12 with Magic Friend : ‘ They could n't have been at the same show . |
| 7 | If what he told Rose was true , he could n't have been at the belvedere after about a quarter to nine . |
| 8 | Could n't have been for the sex if Rose is to be believed , so must have wanted you for dinner . ’ |
| 9 | But without her virtue , even if she had been beautiful , she would n't have been worth the weight of her little toe in dross . |
| 10 | As a member of the family , you would n't have been on the list . |
| 11 | It would n't have been on the books if I ever seen blatant sectarianism at its worst it 's in that bloody motion . |
| 12 | But he 's still involved in the design industry — or he would n't have been at the Olympia exhibition , would he ? ’ |
| 13 | We I wonder how quick they would have got him in though if he would n't have been in a private scheme . |
| 14 | If it had n't been a yorker I 'd have looked an absolute idiot , I would n't have been in the same street , let alone cricket ground . |
| 15 | ‘ When Gary Fleming got injured I was considering putting Pat on and I would n't have been in the slightest bit worried , ’ he stated . |
| 16 | ‘ You ca n't have been in the last war , ’ said Tallboy invitingly . |
| 17 | There are holes in your pullover , your Barbour is in the last stage of decrepitude and your trousers ca n't have been near a press in months . |
| 18 | ‘ It wo n't have been on a weighing machine since it left the village where it was grown . ’ |