Example sentences of "[not/n't] have [verb] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to consider things very carefully , and quite often you end up making decisions that you might not have made if you 'd been alone . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ They would not have to wait until they had worked for two years before being eligible for unemployment and sickness benefit or parental leave . ’ |
| 3 | It seemed to adapt itself to her and , in any case , she would not have noticed if it had been a giraffe . |
| 4 | They would not have gone if they were . |
| 5 | Such was her exhaustion that she would not have cared if her traitorous purpose was emblazoned across her face for him to see . |
| 6 | Phoebe , in fairness , could not have known that the maths teacher , shamed in public , should take to hating Maggie with a spiteful glee , though she would probably not have cared if she had . |
| 7 | I could not have cared if he had been lying out on those wild moors bleeding to death . |
| 8 | Now , by the chaos of war , and because the exiled Napoleon had returned to France and thrust a new period of battle on Europe , Sharpe was a lieutenant-colonel in the 5th Belgian Light Dragoons , a regiment he had never met , had no wish to meet , and would not have recognized if it had formed line and charged him . |
| 9 | The traffic does not have to stop until you have a foot on the crossing . |
| 10 | He did not reiterate Mr Major 's claim that Nissan came to the region because of his party 's policies , but preferred to point out it would not have done if there had been a Labour Government in situ . |
| 11 | Indeed it can not have done if he can lay his hands on enough fossils just in a single surface exposure erm to be able to erm measure the properties of populations , it 's clear there must have been millions of specimens of these beasts present at any one time in the lake . |
| 12 | ‘ What might I not have done if I 'd had my own clubs for the first two rounds ? ’ |
| 13 | It allows me to savour the end of the conflict , to enjoy it in a way I could not have done if it had really happened , that is if a few words had been exchanged , spoken with difficulty through the barbed-wire taboos that separate people in so-called intimate relationships . |
| 14 | The significance of language for the later development of the ego can hardly be underestimated ; indeed , there is little doubt that , had articulate speech not evolved , modern ego-functions would not have developed as they did and self-awareness , rational thought and social evolution would all have been greatly inhibited in their development in our species . |
| 15 | ( 3,500 calories is equal to 1lb of fat — 1lb every week that you would not have to lose if you gave up sugar . ) |
| 16 | An image-forming eye , with lens , iris and so on , would not have evolved if nothing short of the formation of accurate images was of any use . |
| 17 | But the message went further for it was felt that the lesson to be learned was that living standards could be maintained if unity prevailed : ‘ With the help of the Trade Union Movement , mobilized by the TUC General Council , they were enabled to secure a victory which they could not have won if they were left to fight alone . ’ |
| 18 | He claims he would not have started if there had been warnings . |
| 19 | Even the people who lived on farms did not have to work like she did . |
| 20 | If , say , my left breast becomes enlarged , I do not have to contemplate whether it is a result of taking illegal substances . |
| 21 | She would not have minded if he had yelled at her , for he would have had the right to . |
| 22 | Over the years it had become apparent that Constance considered Brian a person of little consequence and that , this being the case , she would not have minded if he had hired the Albert Hall to denounce her as a barbarian and certainly cared nothing for his kitchen sulks and drawing-room sarcasm . |
| 23 | Gemma , in this her last moment of being Miss Dallam , did not notice the stir Linnet was creating and would not have minded if she had . |
| 24 | The appointment of Mr Stevens was a classic case of promoting a man beyond his level of competence and could not have happened if there had not been deep distrust in official circles of people who know what they are talking about . |
| 25 | There is also the question whether she made a decision which was limited in duration and to which she would not have adhered if she had been alerted to dangers of a refusal to accept blood transfusions or similar blood-based treatment . |
| 26 | Harbison , of Horkesley Road , Colchester , said he had not known he was over the limit , and would not have driven if he had . |
| 27 | I did n't want my parents to know I had a boyfriend : they would not have approved because they would have felt I was too young . |
| 28 | The new-style boards could not have worked as they were meant to ; and the misplaced expectation that they would have established industrial democracy would have collapsed . |
| 29 | She could not have spoken if her life depended on it . |
| 30 | They could not have known whether it would be prejudicial to the administration of justice if the facts were made public . |