Example sentences of "not have [verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Her hands were actually shaking and she would not have believed she could have got herself into this sort of state so quickly .
2 For the most part , a kinsman asked to give aid in a dispute did not have to fear he might lose his life ; peaces were easier to make in a society which also had Peace .
3 The court set aside the committal ‘ on all those three grounds ’ ( see p. 624 ) , but did not have to consider what would have been the position if only the third ground had been substantiated .
4 I grow Thermopsis montana in my own garden and would not have thought it would last well in water .
5 I would n't have believed you could have told me anything I did n't know about the seamy side of life in this town .
6 No but Ian wo n't have said she 'll frighten me .
7 I should n't have said I 'd come up here with you in the first place .
8 ‘ I could n't have known what would happen , could I ? ’
9 ‘ You mean … no , you could n't have known I 'd stoop to bribery ? ’
10 I would n't have thought we 'd need in this
11 I would n't have thought they 'd bother with a
12 ‘ I would n't have thought they 'd have bothered , ’ he said .
13 I was in … oh , from about ten o'clock to well after lunch , and I would n't have thought she would come in late in the afternoon .
14 Well I would n't have thought she 'd have gone in a shop like that anyway cos there 's some more expensive stuff in there .
15 I would n't have thought she 'd hear them would she ?
16 un unfortunately he has but , you know , and James goes , he goes God that really does n't sound like Sal , I really would n't have thought he would 've done that to you .
17 I would n't have thought he would have gone into the woods with Angela Brickell .
18 I would n't have thought he would object , I mean we have used morris
19 You would n't have thought he 'd have walked out would you ?
20 You 're unemployed I would n't have thought you could 've stood a hundred and fifty , two hundred pounds withdrawal .
21 I would n't have thought you could have afforded it so soon .
22 ‘ I would n't have thought you 'd want to go all down there again , dear , have n't you had enough walking for one day ?
23 ‘ I should n't have thought you 'd have any reason to stay longer . ’
24 Whereas the medical and schools I would n't have thought you 'd have any problem with .
25 No I would n't have thought it I would n't have thought it would have been
26 But then again , you could n't have predicted they 'd get this far in the first place .
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