Example sentences of "[not/n't] have [verb] [adj] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | UNLU would not have given such a warning had it not feared how the PLO outside might behave . |
| 2 | The parties can not have intended such a consequence . |
| 3 | But early users of the language would not have made such a distinction . |
| 4 | It is thought that the Criminal Law Revision Committee , the Report of which formed the basis of the Theft Act , would not have wanted such a result but would have preferred the outcome to be theft ( para. 65 ) . |
| 5 | One mother claimed : ‘ She would not have said such a thing if she had been married . |
| 6 | Mme Guérigny could not have borne such a thing . |
| 7 | I would not have felt such a burst of passion for a relative . ’ |
| 8 | yeah , that 's the only thing I 've , it 's the only horse he might not have got all the way round this time |
| 9 | A map does not have to indicate all the features of the terrain in order to help people find their way about it . |
| 10 | Children are seen to be innocent of life 's problems and should somehow not have to face all the difficulties of death . |
| 11 | I would not have thought such a style of waiting a great stimulant to appetite . ’ |
| 12 | Alyssia blew some of the flyaway blonde strands away from her face and followed them to a small table at the back of the café , hoping that she would not have to endure half an hour of French conversation while she sat on the sidelines , wondering whether what they were discussing was really as animated and interesting as it appeared . |
| 13 | Her school has a high proportion of ethnic minority children where I felt Balbinder might not have seemed such a problem . |
| 14 | You do n't have to spend half a day in a moving microwave oven racing lorries down the autostrada . |
| 15 | You do n't have to fill all the tapes either ! |
| 16 | So we did n't have to go all the way to Lime Street , Liverpool , Chapman , with his characteristic attention to such details , had arranged for the train to make a special stop at Edgehill Station , to give us a better chance of getting home the same night . |
| 17 | It 's only a very short walk down , if you walk through the shops you do n't have to go all the way down , you can actually come , just walk past that shop and go down the middle , and you come out through the car park . |
| 18 | But thanks to Sheila , now you do n't have to go all the way to Dodge City to win your spurs . |
| 19 | Yeah I know we 'd still go up the Clickers sometimes but we do n't have to go all the time do we ? |
| 20 | ‘ You could n't have waited half an hour — that 's all the journey from Olbia takes — and saved me the inconvenience of having to hang around for almost an hour ? ’ |
| 21 | he 's only been f here for half of the Debate , under those circumstances since he ca n't have heard all the arguments , it 's a bit rich for him to call us casual . |
| 22 | I would n't have covered half the things that we covered in that time , yeah ? |
| 23 | His aim is to make ACT number one supplier for the international finance sector , and although he admits he could n't have said such a thing three years ago without being laughed at , he now feels confident that it is a realisable goal . |
| 24 | No but you see I could n't tell you at the start because you 'd sound , you would n't have said half the things you did say . |
| 25 | I , I , I would n't have given that a chance , I must admit I would never have backed it . |
| 26 | One or two ladies from the village come up and help out on these occasions , so that the Spanish couple do n't have to do all the work . |
| 27 | I took myself off and got some decent therapy and learnt that it was OK just to be — I did n't have to do all the time . |
| 28 | he would n't talk I says no names mentioned , well it is I have to put there and there like , but Aye twenty tapes , you do n't have to use all the tapes , like you know , just , for different languages |
| 29 | ‘ Surely an outsider , even another houngan , would n't have made such a distinction ‘ at once ’ ? ’ |
| 30 | A model car does n't have to contain all the elements of an internal combustion engine in order to work as a toy ! |