Example sentences of "[modal v] n't have [vb pp] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | You should n't have made me come down here . |
2 | I immediately got a lot of media attention — Radio One could n't have made me fail . ’ |
3 | ‘ I should have liked to be a nun , except they would n't have let me smoke and I could n't live without cigarettes . |
4 | ‘ Otherwise ’ , she says , ‘ they would n't have let me do it . |
5 | ‘ Editorial ’ , she notes , ‘ did n't regard it as important , otherwise they would n't have let me do it . ’ |
6 | Think what I shall say is , I shall myself quite simply , if it ever gets out I 'll say well look I know full well that you would n't have let me stop at Helena 's you would have objected to it I said , but Andy 's mum and dad , Andy was like pretty bad so we left him there and I said I stopped up to help look after him . |