Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [vb infin] [verb] [pers pn] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His discipline , his dedication , and his pursuit of excellence may not have made him the most charismatic of world class players , but it has made him one of the most respected . |
| 2 | They may not have made him the finest British light comedian since his hero David Niven , but at least they rescued him from an uncertain future in Britain where he may have ended up as a cross between Roy Castle and Ronnie Corbett . |
| 3 | I 'd not have given you the task otherwise ! ’ |
| 4 | I know I could n't begin to give you the kind of life you 'd have with Dunbar , but I 'd do everything in my power to make you happy . ’ |
| 5 | Several minutes later he added : ‘ But I would not like to give you the impression I have worked for either of them yet . ’ |
| 6 | She was less close to Gildas , whom she regarded with some slight awe , for she feared his irony and his sharp tongue , and would not have allowed him the slightest ‘ liberty ’ had he not cleverly , for he was very clever , ‘ set up , a conversation which led her , through a series of exchanges , into the danger area . |
| 7 | It was gratifying to have people shake her hand who once would n't have given her the time of day , and when she walked through the dreary rooms where evidence of the late Adelaide Morey still abounded she had trouble convincing herself that she was now the mistress here . |
| 8 | I think that if she had n't known us ; that I was a groom and Copper was pretty sensible , she would n't have given me the choice of trying to save him , especially as he was seventeen years old . |
| 9 | I would n't have given you the mark for covered . |
| 10 | I well remember the long watches of the night when I and my baby struggled to overcome a physical incapability on my part , and I can not begin to tell you the relief on both sides when I strode out of the house , bought the largest tin of baby food I could find , and gave her the first square meal she had had since birth . |