Example sentences of "[modal v] 've done " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course I should 've done something , think I do n't know it ? |
| 2 | I 'm now going to say what you should 've done is write a bit more down on your short-term programmes . |
| 3 | Cos they should 've done it . |
| 4 | I should 've done , but |
| 5 | You should 've done . |
| 6 | Well you should 've done cos I thought you were going to cos I thought yeah we 've got , have n't got anything to do this afternoon |
| 7 | What they should 've done , instead of having all them machines on that moors they should 've had damn bugger stripped to waist digging it out . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose he must 've done . ’ |
| 9 | And erm I got down on my hands and knees I must 've done it for an hour |
| 10 | Yeah I mean the part about the er about the savings erm if you 'd 've done or were doing a complete fact find that , that would come up anyway would n't it ? |
| 11 | then if you 'd 've done your bike riding up the hill |
| 12 | Rufus looks great , could 've done more with the aliens |
| 13 | They could 've done more with the ‘ ol wizard too : unable to use most of the flashy weapons from the armoury , he accumulates huge amounts of dosh as he has nothing to spend it on . |
| 14 | Could 've done with you earlier , mate . ’ |
| 15 | I could 've done without the naughty words in the scrolly , but this is a minor niggle ( prude ! — Ed ) — Dutch Breeze 1 & 2 are mighty fine demos . |
| 16 | Here , where I could 've done better , if only I 'd understood , if only he 'd helped me ; if only this , if only that . |
| 17 | But , I could 've done without them . |
| 18 | We could 've done it really , but it kept him in with the people like and er . |
| 19 | So anybody could 've done it ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Who could 've done such a terrible thing ? ’ |
| 21 | Could 've done if you 'd wanted one , though . ’ |
| 22 | Erm and one of the things I could 've done was to em er become a salaried employee of my own company which was a limited company but I paid myself as a consultant . |
| 23 | Yes , yeah you could 've done |
| 24 | You know communications is a very big area there 's a lot to be talked about erm certainly rapport and leading and things like that you asked for that we could 've done a lot more with , the type of language people use we could do a lot more with but when we 've got a limited time we 're gon na have to take a limited snapshot and I hope that what we 've done so far today you found useful and I hope when we put it into practice tomorrow maybe you can understand a little bit more of some of things that we 've been talking about today . |
| 25 | And they want to come and see the factory , they want to go to yeah , it fell down cos Richard was too busy at the end of last year , fine get that sorted and i Sally was dropped in the crap by right at the end of last year , came on five sets of bearings , I could 've done 'em in two weeks . |
| 26 | You , you know , you , you got over it but er he , he did n't re he did n't come back to you when perhaps he could 've done if he was feeling a bit er aggressive at the time . |
| 27 | You could 've done right , okay , well you 're here now anyway . |
| 28 | Could 've done corned beef hash , could 've done some |
| 29 | Could 've done corned beef hash , could 've done some |
| 30 | I could 've done with that ! |