Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] [not/n't] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is possible for an aircraft to have several different modes of spinning , and all of them may not have been discovered during the testing . |
| 2 | Forty eight and and presumably many of the people who are perhaps seventy drawing pensions , they may not have even paid in thirty years themselves , I mean they may be many of them may not have been around for that period of time . |
| 3 | ‘ Mr Stevens , I may not have been a housekeeper for long , but I would say that in the time I have been , my abilities have attracted some very generous remarks . ’ |
| 4 | Although I may not have got near to the ‘ God ’ of that particular place , those hundreds of hours spent in chapel were not wasted . |
| 5 | Another Nottingham volunteer , Sue , said , ‘ I may not have lost a lot in pounds but it 's great to know I can lose inches from parts I did n't think I could ever reduce . ’ |
| 6 | You see , I would be teased a lot at school because I may not have been as quick as the others , but Bernard never joined in . |
| 7 | ‘ I may not have been the tallest , nor the most athletic — Mick Doyle reckoned I only ever jumped from my shoulders up — but what I did have was the most effective arse in world rugby ’ . |
| 8 | I may not have seen the race , but I 've had enough people describe both the race and Jackie 's driving to know what a result it was . |
| 9 | On her other flank , would the USSR ever say of China what Germany once said of Russia : today I can afford to go to war , tomorrow I may not have that luxury ? |
| 10 | I may not have liked some of the things I saw and heard , but remember I was present from choice . |
| 11 | I may not have understood everything I heard at the time , but later it all slotted into place . |
| 12 | I intend to travel extensively during the summer and I may not have the pleasure of meeting you . |
| 13 | I may have done , I may not have done . |
| 14 | I may not have much to bequeath , but I can not endure the thought of my loved ones squabbling over my best earrings . |
| 15 | At the end , I may not have looked much like her , but I felt like Brigitte Bardot . |
| 16 | I have n't contacted the police — yet — and if you co-operate I may not have to trouble them . |
| 17 | I may not have gone back to sleep but I lay awake grinning . |
| 18 | ‘ And if I may not have you permanently , then a little temporary use would satisfy me , I think . ’ |
| 19 | I may not have shown it too well so far … ’ |
| 20 | McCallan said : ‘ I may not have been in the game a lot until I got my goal , but that made it up for it . ’ |
| 21 | Who knows if I may not have need of you by to-morrow ? ’ |
| 22 | I may not have a lot to give but what I 've got I 'll give to you |
| 23 | erm I 'm conscious of the fact that I 've been going on for perhaps too long and I may not have said quite enough about Darwin , but let me just finish by saying this that it 's not possible today , I believe , to discuss any important problem in biology without Darwin 's thought being absolutely central to what you 're saying all the time . |
| 24 | She had at times , almost as if it were a comfort , at least something accustomed , run through the fruitless litany of remorse : I ought not to have tolerated his infidelities , I ought to have stopped it at the start , I have colluded with his depravity , it is all my fault . |
| 25 | I ought not to have done that . |
| 26 | Mr. Speaker : The Hon. Gentleman ought to know , and I ought not to have to keep repeating it , that this is a United Kingdom Parliament . |
| 27 | He said , ‘ I ought not to have tricked you like that . |
| 28 | I 'm not sorry , but I ought not have met you again . |
| 29 | ( ‘ I ought n't to have any , ’ said Fribble . |
| 30 | I must n't have been concentrating . |