Example sentences of "would not [verb] have [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If the council houses had n't come , we 'd not have had electricity , water or the phone for all these years . ’ |
| 2 | It would not do to have Miss Blagden imagine she bore any grudge . |
| 3 | Similarly , if the gravitational mass of the proton were significantly different , one would not have had stars in which these nucleides could have been built up , and if the initial expansion of the universe had been slightly smaller or slightly greater , the universe would either have collapsed before such stars could have evolved or would have expanded so rapidly that stars would never have been formed by gravitational condensation . |
| 4 | We would not have had World Cup races this season in Australia and the USA , or any at all in Europe . |
| 5 | Even if she had heard the locomotive 's whistle as it entered the tunnel , she would not have had time to run to the bridge in time to meet Mr Cross as he parked his car in the goods yard . |
| 6 | Had she lived , I felt sure he would not have had time for me . |
| 7 | Thus any black hole of one solar mass would not have had time to evaporate since the origin of the Universe ; however , very small black holes could have formed early in the life of the Universe and subsequently evaporated . |
| 8 | ( c ) The defence of ex turpi causa would not apply having regard to the changing public opinion of suicide . |
| 9 | She frowned slightly ; it would n't do to have letters like this arriving here , she would make arrangements today for a discreet postal address . |
| 10 | That was quite funny because it was our first Christmas down there and I was saying to the housekeeper that I I would n't mind having people come and stay and not a problem because we 've got a lovely cooker and we 're going to bring our microwave down from . |
| 11 | We would n't have had Symphonies eight and ten . |
| 12 | The , the d doors were in the water right low , they were , they were low say you would n't have had say about three foot of water in the hold . |
| 13 | I hate to think how much money I have paid over to Anglia Gas if I 'd known what I was into I could have walked into that house then and I could , while I had all that money before I gave any away I could have said , right , I 'm going to have to spend that , that , that , that and that and I would have done it and it would have I would 've been alright because I would n't have had things going wrong ! |
| 14 | and I 'm saying you 're alright , she 'd have left buggy at your house anyway cos you were walking , you would n't have had buggy with you then so you 'd got ta come back this way had n't you ? |
| 15 | ‘ He would n't have had time . |