Example sentences of "not have [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They told the inquiry that if a particularly strong FM transmission was made very near the radio it might be possible for it to pick up the sub-harmonic at around 14 MHz but that such a signal could not have emanated from a low-powered , hand-held type of two-way radio . |
| 2 | A study by Parker , however , using a national sample , reached conclusions which were slightly more supportive of labour mobility programmes : Only 13 per cent of his sample said they would not have moved without a grant but 56 per cent said they would have found it difficult to move without a grant . |
| 3 | He could not have asked for a clearer-case of his anti-Christian enemy ‘ trampling on the moral law ’ than in Hungary . |
| 4 | ‘ If I was lonely , I would not have gone to a teacher and said so — he would have told me to pull myself together . |
| 5 | In the past , your affection would not have ended in a hug and the giving of warmth to each other . |
| 6 | I would have behaved in the same manner , but I would not have apologised to a man who had just given such a small sentence for the criminal act of killing two innocent victims . |
| 7 | It can not have come as a surprise when , in November 1990 , the ninth biggest US accounting firm , Laventhol & Howarth , had to seek Chapter 11 protection from its creditors , with the ensuing risk of personal bankruptcy for its partners . |
| 8 | Yet his father 's death should not have come as a surprise . |
| 9 | So maybe the lack of interest in Latin American art this week should not have come as a shock . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , one thing 's for sure , ’ William 's grandad said , ‘ he ca n't have escaped along a railway line with a horse and cart , not even the po-lice are going to believe that . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Or he would n't have agreed to a truce over Christmas . ’ |
| 12 | Would n't have happened with a postcode would it ? |
| 13 | And you wo n't have worked on a farm at all yet , will you ? |