Example sentences of "[vb mod] not have have a [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 She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own .
6 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 .
7 ‘ 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 .
8 ' They could n't have had an accident , could they ? ’ asked Karen .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Which was good for me ; if I had directed it in 1979 it would n't have had a chance . ’
12 And you 're quite sure that while the car was down in Streatley , the thieves who I 'm after would n't have had a chance to take it and use it for their break-in ? ’
13 You would n't have had a chance . ’
14 But erm we had a sort of a spectrum you know it covered such a wide well area if you like of er of engineering that one would n't have had a chance to have a any contact with in in any other works , you 'd be doing as one certain sphere you know a certain type of work , and there you are you that 's your lot eh ?
15 It was a girl like Eve Malone , a little pikasheen who would n't have had a drink on her at all , that would end up in hospital .
16 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 . ’
17 I used to look at birth books and that , otherwise I would n't have had a clue .
18 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 .
19 Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ .
20 Subba Row , who will not have had a hand in this particular decision , sees him as a ‘ good scout ’ .
21 Nor was there any question of hoarding treasure for a rainy day : a king 's status was related to his generosity and to the display of wealth ; hence Chilperic 's salver made to the glory of the Franks ; hence also the fact that on the death of the magnate Rauching , who can not have had an income comparable to that of a king , more treasure was found in his coffers than was held in the royal treasury .
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