Example sentences of "[modal v] not have have a " 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 | She may or may not have had a longstanding paranoid personality ; that 's hard for relatives to cope with , but not necessarily pathological . ’ |
5 | It makes no difference that the parent may not have wished to go ( during the war ) or may not have had a choice ( death ) . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | Thus , prices on Simex may not have had a measurable effect on the index . |
9 | Consequently , other market members ( and their customers ) may not have had a proper opportunity to participate in the trade . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own . |
12 | ‘ 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 . |
13 | I could not have had a better send off , and I realized that the public battles had played only a marginal part in it . |
14 | As for John Smith , he could not have had a better target for his Commons debut as Labour leader … |
15 | I could not have had a better tutor in extra-mural teaching . |
16 | Brian Horton says they could not have had a better match . |
17 | ‘ You could n't have had a golf course made for a man 's game more than that golf course for John Daly , ’ observed the man who has won more Masters than anyone , six all told and now playing his 34th in succession . |
18 | ANDY NICOL could n't have had a harder act to follow than Armstrong . |
19 | 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 . |
20 | 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 . |
21 | Not because I could n't have had a holiday only that er we had loads of milk so we had to go and fetch it from the farms and you got ta have somebody to take it out . |
22 | In your case you could n't have had a better officer , in my view , to handle that situation . |
23 | It gives them greater job mobility but also a large number of people aged in their 20s who would not have had a pension now have them . |
24 | As far as the second witness was concerned , the appeal court had reached the view that his new evidence would not have had a material bearing on the jury 's assessment of Leighton 's credibility . |
25 | Which was good for me ; if I had directed it in 1979 it would n't have had a chance . ’ |
26 | It was a girl like Eve Malone , a little pikasheen who would n't have had a drink on her at all , that would end up in hospital . |
27 | On the other hand , you know all there is to be known about me : born Bigley Road , Grays , in Essex , twenty-six years old , wife Alice … who says if she had met you afore me I would n't have had a look-in — and she only saw you from a distance . ’ |
28 | I used to look at birth books and that , otherwise I would n't have had a clue . |
29 | And you 're quite sure that while the car was down in Streatley , the thieves who I 'm after would n't have had a chance to take it and use it for their break-in ? ’ |
30 | You would n't have had a chance . ’ |