Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [not/n't] have have a " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I could not have had a better send off , and I realized that the public battles had played only a marginal part in it . |
| 4 | I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching . |
| 5 | On the other hand , you know all there is to be known about me : born Bigley Road , Grays , in Essex , twenty-six years old , wife Alice … who says if she had met you afore me I would n't have had a look-in — and she only saw you from a distance . ’ |
| 6 | I used to look at birth books and that , otherwise I would n't have had a clue . |
| 7 | Finally this study has given me a good idea of what life has been for people living in the past in America , where as before , I would n't have had a clue and it 's also taught me that no matter how many times you read a book , you 'll always find new links and connections . |
| 8 | The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering . |
| 9 | She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | In your case you could n't have had a better officer , in my view , to handle that situation . |
| 12 | You would n't have had a chance . ’ |
| 13 | I hope you will not have had a fruitless journey , Mrs er — ’ |
| 14 | Clearly each player so honoured brings his own style and personality to the job and we could n't have had a better example than from David Sole . |
| 15 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
| 16 | ‘ They both might be fit for Saturday and , even though they will not have had a reserve team match , they could well come straight back into the squad , ’ he added . |
| 17 | However , although the polenier event is associated with cooling of the ocean , it may not have had a very large impact on the carbon dioxide balance . |
| 18 | As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader … |
| 19 | Which was good for me ; if I had directed it in 1979 it would n't have had a chance . ’ |