Example sentences of "[not/n't] have [been] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But at its finest , it reaches heights of eloquence that can not have been most on the leaders of the next generation and it is music that ought to be heard in our halls .
2 It could not have been otherwise for the attainment of the required goal of the perfect human being was possible by no other means .
3 If anything , it has even more justified my decision to leave Coventry where I was manager and join Chelsea — I certainly could not have been away for a month if I 'd stayed at Highfield Road .
4 It can not have been only in relation to land that £40 had a special significance .
5 Well it is three hundred and twenty thousand pound that they 're paying to this person that should not have been there in the first place , he walked on there , he built places there without planning permission and I think if the council had played their cards right , they could have got him off without paying out this three hundred twenty thousand pound .
6 Well done you and a very , very special thanks to the Princess Royal , without whose leadership it would not have been possibly at all .
7 The water scene on each side of the mill could not have been more in contrast .
8 The T-55s , at least , would not have been much in evidence in their previous table-top forays against the Red Army .
9 The S-word , socialism , may not have been much in evidence in Labour 's manifesto or campaign , but it infests every line of their real agenda .
10 ‘ If it were obvious , we would n't have been here for five years trying to find it , and Paula would still be … .
11 I know , you would n't have been there in the first place .
12 Of course , if I 'd really had any sense I would n't have been there in the first place .
13 I gather there was a defender on the goal line so Strachan could n't have been offside at all .
14 If I had specially ordered the moment , it could n't have been more to my liking .
15 Had that been a steady red light it would n't have been anywhere near as noticeable
16 But no , he was n't killed for that , or it would n't have been still on him .
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