Example sentences of "not [verb] [pron] could have " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was over before we knew it , ’ said Taliesin later , ‘ and even if it had not been , I do not think we could have got near to the Lad . ’ |
| 2 | If I had not had the support of Project 81 members , the head of care at Le Court and other friends , I do not think I could have survived . |
| 3 | The Russian did not think he could have been dead for long . |
| 4 | She did not understand what could have made the boy run off in the opposite direction . |
| 5 | Fedorov had not thought anyone could have discovered that much , not only about his French activities , but those during his youth in Russia . |
| 6 | I 'm not saying I could have saved it , but in other spins since , I 've realised what is about to happen and dropped in quick to save it . |
| 7 | If this had not happened nothing could have stopped him and the whole party would have been dragged down after him . |
| 8 | I 'm not putting it around the table , because it 's a very long letter , and I do n't think we could have a worthwhile discussion on it right now . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't think they could have done any more than they did . |
| 10 | I do n't think anyone could have entered without my hearing . ’ |
| 11 | Craig had been wonderful to Hari during the past days , she did n't think she could have got through it all without him . |
| 12 | ‘ You do n't think she could have come across something that put her in danger ? ’ |
| 13 | She did n't think she could have gone on handling this by herself , not on top of everything else that had happened . |
| 14 | But I do n't think she could have dumped him . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't think you could have thought of a better way of rewarding her , she seems such an independent little thing . ‘ |
| 16 | ‘ I was very active and do n't think I could have done any more . ’ |
| 17 | I would have written far sooner , only — to be quite frank — I feared a snub , and I do n't think I could have borne it … |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't think I could have done that on my own , ’ Laura confessed . |
| 19 | Well , I 've never even seen a dead body before — imagine , what with the bones , the shroud and the flies ; if I had n't had the camera between me and it , I do n't think I could have looked . |
| 20 | I enjoyed my life with them and I do n't think I could have coped in the beginning without them . |
| 21 | Mr Garner joined TI in 1979 , after a brief but colourful climb up the industrial ladder and having discounted the idea of becoming a professional trumpeter — ‘ I do n't think I could have stood the strain ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ Christ , man , I did n't think any of you guys should have been out there , but I do n't think I could have done what you did , in the Falklands . |
| 23 | I do n't think I could have handled it if I 'd been given a sentence . |
| 24 | But if I 'd had eight months of thinking , I do n't think I could have taken it . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't think I could have stood any more of that this morning . ’ |
| 26 | I do n't think I could have stood it crying for hours on end . |
| 27 | I , I think er erm when I first started down there , it was a job , I thought well this is a good job fifteen bob a week , that 's , that 's a lot more than some of the other boys who 'd left school got , they were twelve and six you see and erm , I think erm I came back out of the forces and took over more responsible jobs , I do n't think I could have gone to anything else but transport . |
| 28 | But to her amazement he did nothing of the kind , but , shaking his head as if he had been under some kind of stress , ‘ I did n't think I could have got your innocence so completely wrong , ’ he stated gruffly . |
| 29 | I do n't think I could have done that if I had still been drinking or doing the things I was doing about ten years ago . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't think I could have married anyone who does n't like animals , ’ she admits . |