Example sentences of "n't have [verb] take " in BNC.

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1 If Marie had n't been so desperate to escape from that room , she would n't have suggested taking Bella out in her wheelchair .
2 " Of course I would n't have suggested taking her to live anywhere that was below standard .
3 ‘ Ah , but it ca n't be very evident or I would n't have had to spend an hour and half in the X-ray Department and they would n't have had to take a Complete album of me . ’
4 ‘ If you 'd been around where you should have been , then possibly Ace would n't have had to take such instant action to avoid Dara ! ’
5 He stopped with the door handle in his hand and quietly said , ‘ Yes , I 'll come back some day when you are gone and I 'll find where you 've hidden the gun , for you would n't have dared take it outside this room , would you ?
6 The non-assertive character of the first three is quite obvious : the conditional clause leaves the actualization of dare up in the air in ( 31 ) ; ( 32 ) implies " she did n't dare ignore him any more than that " ; ( 33 ) is a sort of indignant rhetorical question implying that he should n't have dared take the native 's part against her .
7 You do n't have to have taken drugs to help an addict .
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