Example sentences of "n't have [vb pp] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 They wo n't have booby-trapped the front door .
2 They wo n't have booby-trapped the front door .
3 I honestly believe that the rail workers would n't have accepted the one and a half per cent , other workers would n't have accepted the one and a half per cent if they believed that they were on their own that they were gon na fight in isolation .
4 I honestly believe that the rail workers would n't have accepted the one and a half per cent , other workers would n't have accepted the one and a half per cent if they believed that they were on their own that they were gon na fight in isolation .
5 It did n't matter what I bought ; it still would n't have satisfied the continual , gnawing desire for more . ’
6 A term which certainly I , would n't have understood a few years ago .
7 I think he had a little corner in his heart for me but if we had got together and he had gone off with someone else I could n't have stood the hurt and humiliation .
8 ‘ Dad would n't have wanted a solemn shrine , ’ says Brian .
9 I just think I just think it 's quite important for us all to realize I did a , when I used to do a similar job to this it took me a long time before I realized that the customer , you know on the phone does n't know that your you should n't have asked an open question there
10 He could n't have said a truer word .
11 But Pam Tatlow says the club should n't have invited the other politicians if they wanted to steer clear of controversy .
12 I could n't have arranged a better still life .
13 I could n't have arranged a better still life .
14 I would n't have made a good martyr , for the frown of the tyrant alarmed me more than the threat of wild beasts or the rack .
15 Sometimes , it wondered whether dinosaurs would n't have made a better job of civilisation .
16 She could n't have made a better selection than Keep Talking , a progressive horse both in terms of form and distance .
17 I suspect that wherever she 'd been — on a train to London or at home at Lomond View — it would n't have made the slightest bit of difference .
18 ‘ They did n't know that he could n't have drawn a proper furrow let alone a real good 'un if he had n't got his owd pipe a-drawin' in his mouth !
19 They should n't have found a single gun that day — we 'd have buried the lot if we 'd only known in time . ’
20 I never got a chance to defend myself and I would n't have known the right thing to say if I had .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 In your case you could n't have had a better officer , in my view , to handle that situation .
24 ANDY NICOL could n't have had a harder act to follow than Armstrong .
25 If Shostakovich was writing now , he would n't have had the same material .
26 You would n't have thought a small-circulation satirical magazine could excite such ignorant indignation .
27 ‘ Could n't have afforded a Special Licence anyway .
28 ‘ But I could n't have chosen a better house than this flat . ’
29 The kidnappers could n't have chosen a better day .
30 If Rune had set out deliberately to enrage her he could n't have chosen a better way .
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