Example sentences of "i [modal v] not have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I may not have liked some of the things I saw and heard , but remember I was present from choice . |
| 2 | I may not have understood everything I heard at the time , but later it all slotted into place . |
| 3 | I may not have gone back to sleep but I lay awake grinning . |
| 4 | I may have done , I may not have done . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ |
| 8 | At the end , I may not have looked much like her , but I felt like Brigitte Bardot . |
| 9 | Although I may not have got near to the ‘ God ’ of that particular place , those hundreds of hours spent in chapel were not wasted . |
| 10 | I may not have shown it too well so far … ’ |
| 11 | LADY DAVERS : Jackey , shut the door , my young lady and I must not have done so soon . |
| 12 | Many people in the black community , people that I had thought of as friends , said to me that I should not have worn the flag that night . |
| 13 | Maybe I said things I should not have done — it was over-reaction to the fact we lost two points we probably deserved , and to the manner they were lost . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I should not have done that , ’ she whispered . |
| 15 | Could I have honestly earned enough to have subsisted upon , to find me in proper food and clothing , such as is necessary , I should not have gone astray … |
| 16 | ‘ Or perhaps I should not have asked you at all . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I feel quite certain or I should not have asked . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I should not have asked , ’ the girl said unhappily . |
| 19 | Feherty took 40 for the same stretch then declared ‘ I have only just got over influenza and I should not have travelled to Portugal . |
| 20 | Perhaps I should not have said that . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I should not have said that , ’ she reluctantly admitted . |
| 22 | I should not have said so much . |
| 23 | Perhaps the argumentative Balbindor had been correct in saying I should not have drunk from the waterfall springing from the Other Side . |
| 24 | I should not have stayed . |
| 25 | If I had held that the disturbance to residents in those roads was otherwise actionable in nuisance , I should not have acceded to those submissions . |
| 26 | I am aware that you are much more concerned in the matter , which I am going to lay before you , than your Mother , yet I should not have troubled you with it , except through her , had it not been of Importance not to lose time . |
| 27 | Councillor Buchanan , therefore , is confused in imagining that the board is a committee of the council , on which he bases his argument that I should not have remained in office . |
| 28 | No , I should not have moved into the second Person . |
| 29 | ‘ I should not have made such quick assumptions . ’ |
| 30 | I should not have allowed you to see him ! ’ |