Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] so [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not up to us to forget or forgive the crime that Germany committed only a few decades ago ; the only ones who might have done so died on the battlefield or , worse yet , in the gas chambers . |
| 2 | It could not have done so had there not been considerable lack of confidence in these other analgesics and the 80 or so non-steroidal anti-inflammatories use to treat arthritis . |
| 3 | Referees of DOE proposals usually remain anonymous , and Jones could have done so had he wished . |
| 4 | It might perhaps have done so had Franco not delayed his assault in order to make a detour eastwards to Toledo . |
| 5 | Many of those who voted against the government would not have done so had they expected an election . |
| 6 | We would not have done so had the fee been £600 . |
| 7 | ‘ I did so after you left , and would have done so had you stayed . ’ |
| 8 | It is to be doubted , however , whether they would have done so had the Monarch exercised a wide personal discretion without seeking the advice of Conservative elders . |
| 9 | She had consented to intercourse with him and would not have done so had she known of the disease , yet her consent was not vitiated by his omission to tell her of his bodily condition . |
| 10 | A ‘ penny wedding ’ was a marriage celebration , the equivalent of a modern wedding reception , at which the guests who could afford to do so gave a penny or other coin towards employing a fiddler to provide music for dancing . |