Example sentences of "not have [vb pp] this [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , I could not have expressed this view to Mr Farraday without embarking upon what might have seemed a presumptuous speech . |
| 2 | I actually put forward an amendment , to the police authority , whereby we take that er , million pounds o , of pensions , and by a certain amount of slight of hand , it be put back into county balances , and then re-allocated back to the police authority for this year , and that would have added an extra million to the base budget and it would not have cost this county council one extra penny . |
| 3 | Beforehand she had combed her hair by the light of the flashlamp , smoothed and rearranged her clothes but even if she had n't Moran would not have noticed this evening . |
| 4 | Surely that gun could not have wreaked this havoc ! |
| 5 | We knew on the other hand that Redbridge and Waltham Forest was not a competent authority and it could not have achieved this scale of planning . |
| 6 | The management at Perry Poultry might not have amassed this sort of paper wealth yet but , only founded in 1989 , the company is already making a name for itself in the food business . |
| 7 | I do not propose to discuss that question , or , perhaps , I should not have finished this week . |
| 8 | I can confirm , however , that the company would not have won this order except as a private sector yard which will have to incur the costs if it makes losses . |
| 9 | ‘ I feel sad that he could not have enjoyed this opportunity of unification and won more caps , but I want to keep the family name in the side , ’ said Muller . |
| 10 | The traffic that had caused the furrows a mile back could not have come this way . |
| 11 | Alix could not have afforded this solution , and would have thought it cheating had she been able to afford it , although she thoroughly despised herself for these scruples . |
| 12 | Without them , we would not have had this legislation . |
| 13 | He would not have had this forum . |