Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] [vb pp] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One person may feel guilty because ‘ I should n't have eaten that chocolate bar ’ while the next is suffering pangs because of some pain caused to another person . |
| 2 | If it 's any comfort to you , he would n't have suffered much pain . |
| 3 | She should n't have felt this sense of grief , should n't have felt betrayed , but she did . |
| 4 | It preserves a beauty spot for us all to enjoy , and they would n't have dug much coal out anyway . |
| 5 | Since we could barely stand up or speak there was little point in dropping in on Ted and Theresia , although perhaps they would n't have noticed much difference in my case , given as they are to ply me with drink . |
| 6 | sitting there , you know , shaking , I would n't have touched any food . |
| 7 | We would n't have understood each other , for one thing . |
| 8 | The victim might have been a crow , a jackdaw , a pigeon , even a pheasant , but it would n't have stood much chance against the peregrine 's talons . |
| 9 | ‘ Bertha 's health would n't have stood any district but W1 or SW1 . |
| 10 | As Brazil 's midfield dynamo , Dunga , of Fiorentina , says with a wry grin : ‘ Brazil 1989 would n't have lost that game to Italy in 1982 . |
| 11 | He would n't have liked old age , even middle age . |
| 12 | Perkin would n't have risked any way to kill me that meant creeping up on me , not after what he 'd seen . |
| 13 | But having said that , it was wonderful and I would n't have missed that trip for anything . |
| 14 | But you ca n't have missed this can of worms , even from a foot deep of sand . |
| 15 | ‘ And , besides , I would n't have missed this moment for the world . ’ |
| 16 | You could n't have missed last year 's winner that way . |
| 17 | It would n't have made political sense in that how the , they were deliberately choosing cautious policy which would enable them to stay in power . |
| 18 | they , they had to improve the productivity from the land and im well not productivity , just efficiency generally , and that how that it would n't have made economic sense for them to have gone straight for socialism . |
| 19 | A few extra minutes while he went up for his loser 's medal would n't have made much difference . |
| 20 | But if they get it wrong they have the consolation that , for all the recriminations , it probably wo n't have made much difference to the outcome of the election . |
| 21 | I think if I had had more time to myself when I first retired I would n't have made that mistake and would have looked for interests nearer home . |
| 22 | Fortunately , Jed was going to be sleeping at Mrs Neary 's that night ; they could n't have made more noise exploring the Hall if they 'd found it to be haunted . |
| 23 | They could have shot her there and then and it would n't have made any difference . |
| 24 | It could n't have made any difference to them if we knew what was happening . |
| 25 | Even if Koskas had woken up it would n't have made any difference . |
| 26 | ‘ And it would n't have made any difference even if Marius Steen remarried ? ’ |
| 27 | It would n't have made any difference to my daughter 's well being , but it made a hell of a difference to her erm her social standing . |
| 28 | Usually we oh about mid-sixties or in that direction and er without it we would n't have done extra barley . |
| 29 | Just instinct , because I had my painting clothes on and a bit of water would n't have done any harm . |
| 30 | So I think caution is erm very important in buying a computer , and if you wait a couple of months erm you wo n't have done any harm , because something newer and more beautiful is always on the way . |