Example sentences of "[not/n't] have gone " in BNC.

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1 She should not have gone to that party .
2 They would not have gone if they were .
3 You would not have gone to them with a theory of the death of Jesus — you would have gone to them with great wonder saying : ‘ It is incredible , but our Lord is alive .
4 He was shown the puppets too , and the performance can not have gone entirely without excitement , because he mentioned to me explosions backstage and things falling down .
5 I could not have gone without her goodwill , as it could have been injurious to her already poor health .
6 But there is a solution — otherwise Helen would not have gone on to experience a triumphant life .
7 More sprightliness in the name-tag might not have gone amiss .
8 ‘ If the race had been held in any other country I probably would not have gone , but I love racing in Japan .
9 ‘ If I was lonely , I would not have gone to a teacher and said so — he would have told me to pull myself together .
10 They are convinced she would not have gone with anyone willingly .
11 Unrepentant Lloyds said last night the error was all Helena 's — she should not have gone overdrawn in the first place .
12 ‘ I would not have gone in on my own , ’ he admitted , ‘ but I think that we might go again .
13 Presumably the passing of over three thousand horsemen could not have gone entirely unnoticed , even of a winter 's night , but discretion in such situations was another and necessary Border virtue , and no alarm was raised in the hamlets and farm-touns which they could not avoid , however many dogs barked .
14 It could not have gone worse for him when , in the 57th minute , he froze .
15 Without their support we could not have gone very far .
16 ‘ And if they had been discussed then he might not have gone .
17 Could I have honestly earned enough to have subsisted upon , to find me in proper food and clothing , such as is necessary , I should not have gone astray …
18 Acheson , as acting Secretary of State , may not have gone so far ; although just before the war began , when it looked as if Moffat was going to meet Ho in Hanoi , Acheson asked him to ‘ keep in mind Ho 's clear record as agent international communism , absence evidence recantation Moscow affiliations … and support Ho receiving [ from ] French Communist Party . ’
19 According to Mrs Baldwin , whose account was more immediate , the words were : ‘ Sir , this is a very grave decision and I am deeply grieved ’ ; but the significant difference is that she adds : ‘ and he went on to tell him that according to some legal opinion the divorce ought not to have been granted , that there were certain aspects of it that in any ordinary case would not have gone through . ’
20 He would not have gone to Munich himself , he said , but he praised Chamberlain 's courage for acting differently .
21 They possessed a certain plausibility in as much as Richard could not have gone on crusade without first ensuring that his position as his father 's heir was fully and publicly recognized in the most formal manner possible , while everything about Henry 's policy in the last four years indicated that he was reluctant to make any such announcement .
22 Had B lost on the question of law in the Court of Appeal , it is practically inconceivable that the court would not have gone on to deal with the remaining points of appeal .
23 He 's at Court , he might not have gone home .
24 Might not have gone home .
25 For they could not have gone on haunting her .
26 Had he not done so I could not have gone to Eton , and should have been deprived of one of the most formative influences in my life .
27 He can not have gone far .
28 She would not have gone so far as to define it as softness .
29 I may not have gone back to sleep but I lay awake grinning .
30 She was wearing a mixture of clothes that should not have gone very well together , but they did .
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