Example sentences of "[not/n't] have [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whether Marx held such a view or not has had great importance for later Marxist polemics , and we shall return to this question . |
| 2 | Worried , Wilson confided in Mrs Browning that she feared Ellen might not have received her letter , the posts being so very variable , and was instructed to write again and have it sent with a reply paid , a system she was assured was possible if expensive . |
| 3 | It is unlikely that other offers will be submitted , as the sale of the site Will not have received publicity . |
| 4 | Had we not spent even more money on the BAIE Awards this year by advertising on the inside front cover of the magazine , we would not have received a single name check for 15 awards during the whole evening and in all the attendant publicity . |
| 5 | Do I take it Councillor that they would not have received it without your visit ? |
| 6 | I could not have received better treatment anywhere in the world . |
| 7 | This might not have led to a massive reduction that saw the rabbits left at the lowest desirable number , but it was the best that could be done under the circumstances . |
| 8 | Abraham 's previous experience of God would certainly not have led him to suppose child-sacrifice would please him . |
| 9 | If oil-drillers can exploit organic molecules to manipulate the flow and drillability of mud , there is no reason why cumulative selection should not have led to the same kind of exploitation by self-replicating minerals . |
| 10 | Lord Hope said in the case of the first witness that his additional evidence would not have led the jury to reject the evidence of Thomas Leighton , who had corroborated the boy 's account of the attack . |
| 11 | The first living organism can not have followed far behind . |
| 12 | Even if it had been otherwise , it still would not have followed that the unions should as of right share in the control of those resources they did not own : land and buildings , plant and equipment , and finance . |
| 13 | In the normal way I would not have followed him into the gunsmith 's , a place of such absolute masculinity , smelling of game and metal , ringing with men 's talk . |
| 14 | ‘ A few moments later and he would not have stood a chance . ’ |
| 15 | The statue can not have stood long in the weather , and one would guess it one of the last set up before the Persians came , the girl perhaps a few years earlier . |
| 16 | And how easily I might have missed you by not saying anything , but no , you have too much good sense , you would not have stood by and said nothing , would you ? |
| 17 | Now had I known about this it the time , of course he would not have stood a chance of getting into the RAF . |
| 18 | It was a question he could not have answered in words . |
| 19 | for if you attempt to answer it and miss the point , the examiner may not be able to give you any marks , because you will not have answered his question . |
| 20 | ‘ Pimm 's … ’ she said huskily , grateful he did not ask any painful questions , questions she could not have answered . |
| 21 | We could not have lived without books . |
| 22 | If it can teach us that love is the most powerful force in the world , we shall not have lived for nothing . |
| 23 | Charles will still sit on the throne and Diana , with whom he will not have lived for years , will be crowned beside him . |
| 24 | Michael Hickes , Burghley 's Secretary , was in no way diffident about taking presents , for men in his position could not have lived without them and the practice was part of conventional behaviour . |
| 25 | She knew that she would not have lived happily ever after with Peter Datchett . |
| 26 | ‘ Just as long as I can spread a little happiness at whatever cost to my dignity , I will not have lived in vain . |
| 27 | Another fine prospect is Adrian Davies , the Cambridge University captain , but he has n't been blessed with much luck recently and I hope his experiences in Australia , when some of his team-mates threw in the towel , will not have destroyed his confidence . |
| 28 | This , in itself , need not have posed much of a challenge to the conventional wisdom : if unemployment had been at unusually low levels at the time , the acceleration of inflation could have been explained in terms of the simple Phillips curve and contractionary demand management policies could have been implemented . |
| 29 | In Tait , where Lord Clyde considered that the clerk should not have rejected the late application , his Lordship ordered the board to hold a meeting to consider the application under s.31(2) . |
| 30 | In the meantime , oxygen could not have accumulated at this early stage ( without biological help ) because it would absorb the same ultraviolet rays . |