Example sentences of "[modal v] n't [verb] [verb] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They clinked their glasses ; then Martin , walking towards the long window , said , ‘ It 's a good job I did n't become engaged ; you should n't get married at a time like this . ’ |
| 2 | We should n't have met at the apartment . |
| 3 | ‘ I should n't have looked at the paper — ’ |
| 4 | Nobody wanted any more , which was just as well , as there was n't much left and she could n't face hacking at the carcase . |
| 5 | I could n't face sitting at the station waiting for him to turn up : I was damn well going to make him wait for me . |
| 6 | ‘ She looked at every single one of the hundreds of photos and could n't stop smiling at the memory . |
| 7 | When planning staff at Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire said the Union flag outside the Bell Hotel in the town needed planning permission because the flag pole was n't vertical , they could n't have guessed at the outcry . |
| 8 | I felt … well , the offer could n't have come at a more opportune time , could it ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The cash could n't have come at a better time , ’ said George at their home in Swansea , Wales . |
| 10 | " You could n't have come at a better time , " said Fleury cheerfully . |
| 11 | ‘ This holiday has been a godsend and could n't have come at a better time . |
| 12 | I 'm afraid it could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 13 | It could n't have come at a better time . |
| 14 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 15 | League Cup success could n't have come at a better time for Rangers , nor for that matter could the return to goalscoring form of Ally McCoist . |
| 16 | But he gave her a smouldering glance and said , ‘ This change in the weather could n't have come at a worse time . |
| 17 | That 's his first for the club and could n't have come at a better time for Hereford , though . |
| 18 | New boy , Brian Marwood gave them the lead ; his first goal for the club and it could n't have come at a better time . |
| 19 | And it could n't have come at a better time for the 29 year old bowler in this his benefit season . |
| 20 | The eve of the second anniversary of Maxwell 's death could n't have come at a more crucial time for the pensioners who travelled to London today . |
| 21 | He could n't have returned at a less opportune moment . |
| 22 | This could n't have happened at a worse time . |
| 23 | Her discovery in Paris could n't have happened at a worse time from that point of view , and she would just have to accept it . |
| 24 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 25 | In fact , you 're probably thinking that it could n't have arrived at a less propitious moment . ’ |
| 26 | Yet , with Deacon Blue getting the high score covering Bacharach & David songs , and a lot of new bubblegum little more than MOR , ‘ Sundrive Road ’ could n't have arrived at a better time , when there must be a pay-out for mature bands making no bones about playing pop for its own sake . |
| 27 | When I did yours I could n't help looking at the photographs in the leather frame . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I just could n't help laughing at the idea of the Devil himself sitting by my fire … |
| 29 | She could n't help laughing at the absurdity of the whole situation . |
| 30 | I could n't wait to finish at the studio that day so I could slip down the record shop to pick up a copy , and several months later I still have n't stopped playing it . |