Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] have have [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His mother should not have had a full ( or even half-full ) mug or one with a handle . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Gilda : ‘ If we were ordinary , moral , high-thinking citizens we should n't have had an affair at all . ’ |
| 5 | She may or may not have had a longstanding paranoid personality ; that 's hard for relatives to cope with , but not necessarily pathological . ’ |
| 6 | It makes no difference that the parent may not have wished to go ( during the war ) or may not have had a choice ( death ) . |
| 7 | There is no reason to think that people in the past may not have had a profound understanding of God , an understanding which will illuminate one 's own . |
| 8 | However , although the polenier event is associated with cooling of the ocean , it may not have had a very large impact on the carbon dioxide balance . |
| 9 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
| 10 | Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade . |
| 11 | Although his writings may not have had the breadth of impact of his ‘ human growth ’ contemporaries across the Atlantic , such as Carl Rogers ( 1961 ) and Abraham Maslow ( 1954 ) , it is possible that because he offered an unpretentious dramatic model , teachers found his approach more immediately accessible than Rogers ' ideology . |
| 12 | I hope that this book overall will provide additional assistance in both respects , particularly for those who may not have had the advantage of formal systems training . |
| 13 | Introducing change , however , calls for patience , sensitivity and consideration for others who may not have had the opportunity to move on in their thinking . |
| 14 | ‘ Chastity ’ may not have had the same social meaning for a working-class girl , accustomed to different courtship and marriage patterns , as for a middle-class young lady . |
| 15 | Be careful about contemporary words that seem familiar but may not have had the same meaning or implication in the modern period . |
| 16 | The proclamation may not have had the effect which was desired for the next lease to come to light is 17 years later , between Sir John Pennington bart. , and Thomas Gorsuch of London , described as a goldsmith . |
| 17 | The marriage of Chlothild , therefore , may not have had the ominous implications which the bishop of Tours attributed to it . |
| 18 | Most of us have to admit that although our parents may not have had an ideal marriage , we have learned a lot of valuable lessons from them . |
| 19 | Aldfrith may not have had an obvious heir across the late 680s and early 690s , for Osred was only about 8 years old on his father 's death and not born , therefore , until c . |
| 20 | The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering . |
| 21 | She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own . |
| 22 | To have just lost and not been so dreadful might not have had the same impact . |
| 23 | The first was the industry which Eliot was prepared to devote to such poor material , even to the extent of giving this particular piece three readings : whereas most publishers or critics might not have had the patience to complete one . |
| 24 | And another boy might not have had the wits or the gentleness of this one . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Richard Cawston 's film could not have had a better critical reception if it had been the combined work of Eisenstein , Hitchcock and Fellini , ’ wrote the critic in the Evening Standard . |
| 26 | I could not have had a better send off , and I realized that the public battles had played only a marginal part in it . |
| 27 | As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader … |
| 28 | I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching . |
| 29 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
| 30 | It may be that we could not have had the best of Connors without the worst of him . ’ |