Example sentences of "not [vb infin] [vb pp] [pers pn] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The wasp will remember exactly what to do at each burrow , according to its stage in the cycle , and the number of caterpillars it already contains , even though she may not have visited it for several days . |
| 2 | And why not have placed them for safe keeping in a pocket , satchel or valise ? |
| 3 | ’ ‘ I would n't have come , ’ said the soldier , who would not have missed it for worlds , ‘ I would n't have come if I 'd known there would be Druids squashing and glooming . |
| 4 | ‘ She could not say nay ; and she must needs do his bidding ; and yet she would not have done it for all this world . |
| 5 | Here she was , imagining that the last half-hour had been a sort of truce — telling Marc all those things about her life on the stage , all those silly , funny , self-mocking stories of disaster and mayhem that were part of the business , and he 'd been sitting there in judgement all that time , working out how much Peter might or might not have paid her for playing the part of his fiancée … |
| 6 | They may not have enthused him for their particular brand of political idealism , but they certainly sowed seeds of great potential musically . |
| 7 | She is a cold , unfeeling and unresponsive woman : she must be , or Hugo would not have left her for me . |