Example sentences of "[vb mod] not have have [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 Gilda : ‘ If we were ordinary , moral , high-thinking citizens we should n't have had an affair at all . ’
4 It makes no difference that the parent may not have wished to go ( during the war ) or may not have had a choice ( death ) .
5 Introducing change , however , calls for patience , sensitivity and consideration for others who may not have had the opportunity to move on in their thinking .
6 I hope that this book overall will provide additional assistance in both respects , particularly for those who may not have had the advantage of formal systems training .
7 Although his writings may not have had the breadth of impact of his ‘ human growth ’ contemporaries across the Atlantic , such as Carl Rogers ( 1961 ) and Abraham Maslow ( 1954 ) , it is possible that because he offered an unpretentious dramatic model , teachers found his approach more immediately accessible than Rogers ' ideology .
8 The proclamation may not have had the effect which was desired for the next lease to come to light is 17 years later , between Sir John Pennington bart. , and Thomas Gorsuch of London , described as a goldsmith .
9 She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own .
10 The first was the industry which Eliot was prepared to devote to such poor material , even to the extent of giving this particular piece three readings : whereas most publishers or critics might not have had the patience to complete one .
11 And another boy might not have had the wits or the gentleness of this one . ’
12 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 .
13 ‘ 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 .
14 ' They could n't have had an accident , could they ? ’ asked Karen .
15 ‘ You 're not saying he could n't have had the irritation , the nerve , the strength to strangle her ? ’
16 But it as it turned out he need n't have had no fears .
17 It gives them greater job mobility but also a large number of people aged in their 20s who would not have had a pension now have them .
18 As far as the second witness was concerned , the appeal court had reached the view that his new evidence would not have had a material bearing on the jury 's assessment of Leighton 's credibility .
19 It is likely that he chose a group of men to be his special disciples — apostles — because at that time a women would not have had the freedom to become travelling evangelists — to go round preaching and teaching .
20 In that case the laws of physics would hold even at the beginning of the universe , so God would not have had the freedom to choose the initial conditions .
21 The point that we were making in drawing attention to it was that , if the Labour party had been in power , he would not have had the freedom to buy shares in BT .
22 Whyte ( 1955 ) agrees : ‘ As I sat and listened , I learned the answers to questions I would not have had the sense to ask if I had been getting my information solely on an interviewing basis . ’
23 Had the Prime Minister called a general election in October 1978 , as was expected , the Commons would not have had the opportunity to inflict a spectacular dismissal .
24 He would not have had the opportunity to command the attention of the media .
25 In any case he would not have had the confidence to approach one .
26 I know that in the past I would not have had the confidence to let children work on the problem .
27 The fact that growing numbers of students are making the personal decision to go into higher education each year suggests strongly that our system of student support , far from providing a deterrent , is encouraging more people to go into higher education , who perhaps would not have had the confidence to do so or the belief that it is appropriate for them .
28 You attempt things you previously would not have had the courage to do because you know you possess the power to save yourself ’ .
29 Married or unmarried , he would not have had the courage of his proclivities : he needed the pretence there had been because pretence was everything to him .
30 We would n't have had no dialogue with British Coal or very little dialogue .
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