Example sentences of "[modal v] not [vb infin] [vb pp] me [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If you wanted that you should n't have sent me somewhere tame , ’ Maggie pointed out , nearly laughing as she said the word . |
| 2 | It could not have suited me better . |
| 3 | Were I her honoured guest , she could not have used me more generously . ’ |
| 4 | If he really loved me he could n't have sent me away . |
| 5 | ‘ His jailers were certain he intended to have me killed , or they would not have treated me thus . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ This was equally true of the teachers , since they , together with the headmaster , could have decided to stop my research whenever they felt it threaten them ; equally , if they had accepted me with open arms it would have meant that the boys would not have trusted me greatly . ’ |
| 7 | There was a sense of the primeval about the place , and it would not have surprised me unduly to see a pterodactyl alight clumsily , or a dinosaur emerge from behind the rocks . |
| 8 | ‘ Lady , if I 'd known I was dealing with a certifiable lunatic wild horses would n't have dragged me here . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Wild horses would n't have kept me away , my dear Angharad . ’ |
| 10 | A tank unit would n't have kept me away . |
| 11 | Certainly if I had been doing all the restoration work myself it would n't have cost me so much because I am the cheapest worker in this outfit . |
| 12 | ‘ Are you trying to tell me that if I 'd come to you you would n't have sent me away with a flea in my ear ? ’ |
| 13 | Not that it matters — your detective would n't have found me anyway . |