Example sentences of "i [modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [vb pp] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 If I had been looking for a lover — I admit my husband 's fortunes were not at their brightest , and my friendship with the Philosopher was a little turbulent at that time — then I should not have chosen Gustave .
2 I should n't have set foot near this rotten mess , ’ he wrote in the diary .
3 I went in her bedroom last night , switched the light on , went I thought I 'd seen lightning and I thought oh I could n't have seen lightning , anyway I goes to .
4 I would n't have said mouse , precisely .
5 Then , forcing herself , she put the thought into words : If I 'd known , I would n't have used magic .
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