Example sentences of "[not/n't] have [vb pp] such [art] " in BNC.
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1 | UNLU would not have given such a warning had it not feared how the PLO outside might behave . |
2 | The parties can not have intended such a consequence . |
3 | But early users of the language would not have made such a distinction . |
4 | 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 ) . |
5 | One mother claimed : ‘ She would not have said such a thing if she had been married . |
6 | Mme Guérigny could not have borne such a thing . |
7 | 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 . |
8 | He could not have visualised such a desperate situation as the one which he had found . |
9 | I would not have felt such a burst of passion for a relative . ’ |
10 | 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 . |
11 | 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 . |
12 | I would not have thought such a style of waiting a great stimulant to appetite . ’ |
13 | ‘ 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 ! |
14 | Her school has a high proportion of ethnic minority children where I felt Balbinder might not have seemed such a problem . |
15 | 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 . |
16 | ‘ You can not have expected such a satisfactory development for the World at such a late stage in the debate . ’ |
17 | 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 . |
18 | His aim is to make ACT number one supplier for the international finance sector , and although he admits he could n't have said such a thing three years ago without being laughed at , he now feels confident that it is a realisable goal . |
19 | ‘ Surely an outsider , even another houngan , would n't have made such a distinction ‘ at once ’ ? ’ |