Example sentences of "n't have [vb pp] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dad would n't have wanted a solemn shrine , ’ says Brian . |
| 2 | He could n't have said a truer word . |
| 3 | I would n't have made a good martyr , for the frown of the tyrant alarmed me more than the threat of wild beasts or the rack . |
| 4 | She could n't have made a better selection than Keep Talking , a progressive horse both in terms of form and distance . |
| 5 | Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation . |
| 6 | ‘ They did n't know that he could n't have drawn a proper furrow let alone a real good 'un if he had n't got his owd pipe a-drawin' in his mouth ! |
| 7 | They should n't have found a single gun that day — we 'd have buried the lot if we 'd only known in time . ’ |
| 8 | In your case you could n't have had a better officer , in my view , to handle that situation . |
| 9 | The Latics could n't have had a better boost than Saturday 's four-goal demolition of Middlesbrough and Royle said : ‘ That was our best show this season . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ANDY NICOL could n't have had a harder act to follow than Armstrong . |
| 12 | ‘ Could n't have afforded a Special Licence anyway . |
| 13 | The kidnappers could n't have chosen a better day . |
| 14 | And they could n't have chosen a better day ; brilliant blue skies and fierce winds . |
| 15 | If Rune had set out deliberately to enrage her he could n't have chosen a better way . |
| 16 | They were ripe for change , and , as it happened , I could n't have chosen a better subject with which to widen the scope of the Church 's activities . |
| 17 | ‘ But I could n't have chosen a better house than this flat . ’ |
| 18 | SINEAD Donaghy could n't have chosen a better time to score her first goal of the season . |
| 19 | He had made a few calls , but could n't have chosen a worse time to be setting up a casual liaison . |
| 20 | You should n't have taken a final reading until you left . |
| 21 | There was no space for two small children or one transversely-mounted adult , not a trace of walnut , and if you wanted to listen to a radio in a Cobra you 'd have needed speakers that would n't have disgraced a heavy-metal band . |
| 22 | When I started out , you could n't have bought a real Fender that played as well as this . |
| 23 | The Harlequin man could n't have provided a better distraction . |
| 24 | He could n't have bled a great deal , perhaps a cupful all told . |
| 25 | He could n't have picked a better place : laid to rest in Père Lachaise alongside such genuine nineteenth-century bohos as Gérard de Nerval , who took his pet lobster for walks in the Palais Royal and eventually hanged himself with a piece of string he insisted was the Queen of Sheba 's garter . |