Example sentences of "[modal v] not have [vb pp] such a " in BNC.

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1 Others , who may not have had such a happy relationship with their parents in the past , take on care out of a sense of duty .
2 Northern Brave , the probable favourite , was rather disappointing last time out , and Valiant Boy may not have won such a good race as Stay Awake .
3 Her school has a high proportion of ethnic minority children where I felt Balbinder might not have seemed such a problem .
4 ‘ No doubt if you had made a speedier recovery , I might not have enjoyed such a free hand ; but then , your illness was prolonged by your feverish attack of conscience with regard to your precious daughter !
5 He could not have visualised such a desperate situation as the one which he had found .
6 Mme Guérigny could not have borne such a thing .
7 I would not have felt such a burst of passion for a relative . ’
8 She obviously would not have travelled such a huge distance if she did not hold out hope for the relationship , and Charity wanted to respect that .
9 It is thought that the Criminal Law Revision Committee , the Report of which formed the basis of the Theft Act , would not have wanted such a result but would have preferred the outcome to be theft ( para. 65 ) .
10 But early users of the language would not have made such a distinction .
11 One mother claimed : ‘ She would not have said such a thing if she had been married .
12 UNLU would not have given such a warning had it not feared how the PLO outside might behave .
13 Such timber buildings would have been built using the accumulated experience of the community and would not have seemed such an intricate task to those who regularly witnessed the activity .
14 I would not have thought such a style of waiting a great stimulant to appetite . ’
15 A leading Slovene politician , Jože Smole , who has held many high positions , including a period as governor of the National Bank and another as federal minister of finance , maintained ( Politika , 25 August 1987 ) that the directors of Agrokomerc would not have issued such a large number of uncovered bills of exchange without the approval of the local commune , the Bihać bank , the Associated Banks of Sarajevo , the National Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina , and the Social Accounting Service of Bosnia and Herzegovina .
16 The parties can not have intended such a consequence .
17 ‘ You can not have expected such a satisfactory development for the World at such a late stage in the debate . ’
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