Example sentences of "not have [vb pp] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without it , she could not have given herself to him so completely . |
| 2 | The solution : Roger Wickens ' death was murder , not suicide ; he was left-handed and could not have shot himself as described . |
| 3 | If there had been no people around her , Tess would not have made herself so unhappy . |
| 4 | I understand that Today 's Horse may not have made itself very popular . |
| 5 | But it was not a great deceit , after all , and perhaps one day she might be able to explain it to them , and apologise , but for the present matters could not have arranged themselves much better . |
| 6 | And while she might not have done herself a lot of favours over the last five years , it has to be concluded that she is better getting out while the going 's still good . |
| 7 | And at least you will not have worn yourself out with unavailing efforts . |
| 8 | He might not have involved himself too much in the day-to-day running of the club , yet I was never in any doubt as to who made the final decisions . |
| 9 | Theoretically , the Council should have been a cross-section of the people socially ( as we have seen it was geographically ) : its members were appointed by lot , they served only for a year at a time , so that the Councillors should not have felt themselves to be a cohesive hereditary body like the old Areopagus or the ( semi-hereditary ) Roman Senate , and they could not serve more than twice in their lives . |
| 10 | This is because Britain could not have defended herself in the Cold War order , and the common enemy demanded common action . |
| 11 | If he had n't been such a lousy husband I might not have got myself in so deep … ’ |
| 12 | Julian , of course , would not have described herself as a prophet , because like all monotheists at this date , she believed that God 's revelation was complete and that the day of prophecy was therefore over . |
| 13 | Lewis and Beryl , of course , had never gone near Wyvis Hall , they would not have laid themselves open to such humiliation , to the possibility of their way being barred by some yokel , paid by Adam to keep an eye on the place . |
| 14 | The nearest neighbours of Ben Nevis , Carn Mor Dearg and Aonach Beag , both have summits above the 4000 mark ; to another of the group , Aonach Mor , the Ordnance Survey rather churlishly ascribes a height of 3999 only , a tribute to their meticulous accuracy but a pity they could not have permitted themselves a slight error of twelve inches . |
| 15 | She could not have brought herself to do as some did , step in and squash her body against the bodies of those who formed the dense wad of people which already bulged from the open doors . |
| 16 | That last was a luxury I should not have allowed myself , for the toughs were on me . |
| 17 | The court was influenced by evidence pointing to the fact that the defendants had been negligent and it was stated that had steps been taken to mitigate the nuisance , the Council would not have found itself in the position it was now in . |
| 18 | For ‘ prodigies ’ ( ‘ Mr Binyon 's young prodigies ’ ) surely we ought to read ‘ protégés ’ ; and then it becomes possible to wonder whether the jocularity about bulldogs does n't mark a wistful or resentful sense that Binyon and Sturge Moore ( ‘ old Neptune ’ ) might have done more with their respective protégés than merely set them to sniff and snarl at each other 's heels ; to question whether the two senior writers could not have established themselves — at least for some purposes — as masters of ateliers in which the two young hopefuls might have enrolled as apprentices . |