Example sentences of "i [modal v] not have [vb pp] [det] " 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 should not have done that , ’ she whispered . |
| 3 | Perhaps I should not have said that . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I should not have made such quick assumptions . ’ |
| 5 | I do not propose to discuss that question , or , perhaps , I should not have finished this week . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 ! |
| 7 | I admit I might not have paid much attention to an anonymous delivery girl , but they do n't normally bolt when they see me , which attracted my attention . |
| 8 | He insisted : ‘ I could not have made that statement . |
| 9 | I could not have done these things any more than I could have killed my mother . |
| 10 | Of course , I could not have expressed this view to Mr Farraday without embarking upon what might have seemed a presumptuous speech . |
| 11 | I could not have had more loyal service from the staff at the Bar Council nor a more supportive Vice-Chairman and Bar Council . |
| 12 | But two weeks later I could not have quoted any of that translation ; it had gone from my mind , never to surface again . |
| 13 | It was not that I eventually doubted that the Almighty responded to faith , but that because I had been so bound up by the desert , so full of self-interest , so neglectful of the God I was supposed to serve , that I could not have expected any co-operation from him . |
| 14 | I could not have predicted any of this . |
| 15 | ‘ I could not have allowed that . ’ |
| 16 | Personally , I 'd not have made any heavyweight preparations but avoided giving any clues until the last moment . |
| 17 | I would not have felt such a burst of passion for a relative . ’ |
| 18 | Before Sunday I would not have said that . |
| 19 | I think when I meet — and maybe would count them not in hundreds , but in tens — when I meet women who make those sorts of comments and say this time last year I would not have said that , then those sorts of things encourage me very much . |
| 20 | Probably had I been there at the point of commissioning I would not have chosen that story . |
| 21 | I would not have thought such a style of waiting a great stimulant to appetite . ’ |
| 22 | Last night I would not have thought that would worry me so much , but this morning it does . |
| 23 | But on this sunny afternoon in May , as it happened , I would not have welcomed any intruder , even the gyp with a Recorded Delivery letter announcing a big win on Ernie . |
| 24 | The man sitting before me could not have forgotten that ; he just chose to ignore it . |