Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] have had [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I recognise that the draftsman may not have had assignments in mind at all . |
| 2 | They choose the following extract and ask you to submit a target version of it , stating that they appreciate that you may not have had time to read the whole novel but that they just want to see how you might handle Le Carré 's language . |
| 3 | She may not have had time . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Rampton read extracts from Sir Anthony Eden 's May 1945 diaries which Lord Aldington agreed showed he could not have had dinner with the minister on 25 and 26 May as he had claimed . |
| 5 | ‘ If the council houses had n't come , we 'd not have had electricity , water or the phone for all these years . ’ |
| 6 | Britain , he could n't have had tennis on his mind . |
| 7 | She 's had help now , but what a pity , you know , then I guess people were n't so aware of what could be done , but what a pity she could n't have had help at the time . |
| 8 | He had n't suggested the film might not come out although she could n't have had time to develop it yet and she was n't working through a ‘ friend ’ sent round to sympathise with him deplore the whole thing and assure him it could be stopped if he 'd only tell that terrible woman one little thing … ’ — And since I 'm not married or anything I thought I 'd stick to the personal angle . |
| 9 | ‘ As a matter of fact , I 'd forgotten you were coming — and we could n't have had tea with you in any case , because Susan 's ill . |
| 10 | Similarly , if the gravitational mass of the proton were significantly different , one would not have had stars in which these nucleides could have been built up , and if the initial expansion of the universe had been slightly smaller or slightly greater , the universe would either have collapsed before such stars could have evolved or would have expanded so rapidly that stars would never have been formed by gravitational condensation . |
| 11 | We would not have had World Cup races this season in Australia and the USA , or any at all in Europe . |
| 12 | Even if she had heard the locomotive 's whistle as it entered the tunnel , she would not have had time to run to the bridge in time to meet Mr Cross as he parked his car in the goods yard . |
| 13 | Had she lived , I felt sure he would not have had time for me . |
| 14 | Thus any black hole of one solar mass would not have had time to evaporate since the origin of the Universe ; however , very small black holes could have formed early in the life of the Universe and subsequently evaporated . |
| 15 | We would n't have had Symphonies eight and ten . |
| 16 | The , the d doors were in the water right low , they were , they were low say you would n't have had say about three foot of water in the hold . |
| 17 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 18 | and I 'm saying you 're alright , she 'd have left buggy at your house anyway cos you were walking , you would n't have had buggy with you then so you 'd got ta come back this way had n't you ? |
| 19 | ‘ He would n't have had time . |
| 20 | The goldfish is deservedly the most popular species of fish kept in garden ponds and few , if any , ponds in this country will not have had goldfish in them at some time . |
| 21 | These marriages , of course , are also more likely to be childless since the couples will not have had time to have children . |