Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I should n't have asked you for the extra two-fifty mils . ’ |
| 2 | I knew I should n't have taken you for that coffee . ’ |
| 3 | The enlightened bureaucrats who were primarily responsible for drawing up the legislation of 1861 may not have achieved everything for which they were striving , but they were undoubtedly trying to achieve more than the modernization of the gentry 's sources of income or the revivification of the state machine . |
| 4 | The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days . |
| 5 | They may not have enthused him for their particular brand of political idealism , but they certainly sowed seeds of great potential musically . |
| 6 | Here she was , imagining that the last half-hour had been a sort of truce — telling Marc all those things about her life on the stage , all those silly , funny , self-mocking stories of disaster and mayhem that were part of the business , and he 'd been sitting there in judgement all that time , working out how much Peter might or might not have paid her for playing the part of his fiancée … |
| 7 | Even Jim could n't have fixed it for Gideon to be a military hero , or Moses a great leader , or Peter to be a rock-like dependable person , or Jeremiah a powerful preacher ; but God could and did . |
| 8 | She could barely breathe , her heart pounding so hard that she had to shout shakily , ‘ Because I knew it meant you could n't have married me for my father 's company , and I wanted to find out why you 'd lied about it . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ She could not say nay ; and she must needs do his bidding ; and yet she would not have done it for all this world . |
| 10 | ’ ‘ I would n't have come , ’ said the soldier , who would not have missed it for worlds , ‘ I would n't have come if I 'd known there would be Druids squashing and glooming . |
| 11 | She is a cold , unfeeling and unresponsive woman : she must be , or Hugo would not have left her for me . |
| 12 | He would n't have done it for most people . |
| 13 | I would n't have seen you for another hour . |
| 14 | As for the Normandy campaign , I would n't have missed it for the world . |
| 15 | He would n't have missed it for the world . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Oh , we would n't have missed it for anything ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I would n't have missed it for anything . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I would n't have missed it for the world ’ , smiled Christy . |
| 19 | We would n't have missed it for anything . |
| 20 | ‘ Something like that … though I would n't have thanked you for saying so . ’ |
| 21 | Well I would n't have chosen them for March cos I mean that 's very nice |
| 22 | ‘ No , I was looking for you and I would n't have figured you for this particular humming and vibrant example of the capital 's nightscene . ’ |