Example sentences of "it [modal v] not have been [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What form of building this curia took is unknown , though it may not have been unlike a principia . |
| 2 | It might not have been near them , of course , but it was so big they 'll likely have heard of it . ’ |
| 3 | It could not have been for lack of qualifications , for Moira had served seven years on the BBC 's General Advisory Council and four years as a director of Border Television ; so one can only assume it was because of my Liberal Party connections . |
| 4 | It could not have been for offside . |
| 5 | When the French fleet , united with the Spanish , did threaten Cornwall it could not have been at a more perilous time . |
| 6 | Now it was empty as it could n't have been for centuries , left to the tide and the sea birds . |
| 7 | ‘ But it could n't have been like that . |
| 8 | It ca n't have been about school . |
| 9 | It ca n't have been like that really , though I believe records show that the summers in the late Twenties and early Thirties were warm and dry . |
| 10 | ‘ I know that if Ken had had any kind of sexual relationship it would n't have been with anyone he knew well . |
| 11 | It would n't have been on the books if I ever seen blatant sectarianism at its worst it 's in that bloody motion . |
| 12 | That 's why I have to keep an eye on it cos that blind and that , but it wo n't come yet , it would n't have been on that , that was priced it . |
| 13 | It would not have been in his nature , nor would he have been inclined , to do otherwise … |
| 14 | But it would not have been in the least like that , really . |
| 15 | ‘ It wo n't have been on a weighing machine since it left the village where it was grown . ’ |