Example sentences of "[not/n't] have been a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These grand buildings , both seminary and church , set in one of the most important squares in the city , could not have been a clearer statement from the victors of the Battle of the White Mountain . |
| 2 | Nothing in Swannell 's direction of his play persuades you that this would not have been a better home for Marrakech . |
| 3 | She glared at him , wondering whether the indigestible steak , swiftly followed by an early night , might not have been a better option after all . |
| 4 | It could not have been a bleaker one . |
| 5 | We talked a lot about art — he could n't have been a better sitter . |
| 6 | It could n't have been a worse morning for the Queen of England to visit us . |