Example sentences of "[vb mod] n't have been [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Mr McArdle should n't have been on the train .
2 For a start he should n't have been on the table .
3 Except you should n't have been on the pavement .
4 I should n't have been in his study in the first place .
5 Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap .
6 The mess was almost empty except for an Education Corps captain who was also using the place as an hotel , and three unmarried young officers who 'd been playing tennis and should n't have been in the ante-room dressed like that .
7 Hill said : ‘ I should n't have been in that position in the first place if I had not spun on the opening lap .
8 By rights he should n't have been in the race at all .
9 Singer Richard Fairbrass , stormed at the duo at No.12 with Magic Friend : ‘ They could n't have been at the same show .
10 If what he told Rose was true , he could n't have been at the belvedere after about a quarter to nine .
11 Now it was empty as it could n't have been for centuries , left to the tide and the sea birds .
12 Could n't have been for the sex if Rose is to be believed , so must have wanted you for dinner . ’
13 I mean , so they could n't have been for er er Germany .
14 ‘ But it could n't have been like that .
15 But without her virtue , even if she had been beautiful , she would n't have been worth the weight of her little toe in dross .
16 This section is for permanent residents ; I brought you here first because if it had got out that you had been here and had n't seen this lot my life would n't have been worth living .
17 ‘ All the coaches in the world would n't have been of any use if you had n't had courage .
18 As a member of the family , you would n't have been on the list .
19 It would n't have been on the books if I ever seen blatant sectarianism at its worst it 's in that bloody motion .
20 He would n't have been on this airwell at the time , though .
21 if it 's doing so well , oh and you would n't have been on that long under a Labour Government , of course , it would 've been jobs for the boys , they 'd 've slipped you in I 'm sure .
22 He 'd passed his last medical , otherwise he would n't have been on board .
23 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 .
24 ‘ I know that if Ken had had any kind of sexual relationship it would n't have been with anyone he knew well .
25 She would n't have been at all surprised if she were .
26 But he 's still involved in the design industry — or he would n't have been at the Olympia exhibition , would he ? ’
27 ‘ Hello ? ’ she enquired , and would n't have been at all surprised , the way her head was , had it been Reception ringing to say that she had n't filled in her reservation form correctly .
28 If things had gone according to plan , Jack would n't have been within 325 000 kilometres of Apollo 13 on that fateful day , 13 April .
29 ‘ We thought you would n't have been like you were in that interview unless you knew something that — that you were n't telling people .
30 If it had n't been a yorker I 'd have looked an absolute idiot , I would n't have been in the same street , let alone cricket ground .
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