Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] done it " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should not have done it . |
| 2 | They should n't have done it to you — to you or to anyone . |
| 3 | Most of us , the slim as well as the overweight , have uttered that plaintive wail : ‘ Oh , I should n't have done it ! ’ , as we pat our far from comfortable stomachs after a particularly tempting feast , like Christmas dinner , and stagger off for the Rennies . |
| 4 | But you should n't have done it . ’ |
| 5 | I should n't have done it . |
| 6 | I should n't have done it , I know . |
| 7 | I should n't have done it , of course . |
| 8 | We should n't have done it . |
| 9 | I mean no , I do n't know what to say but there 're so many things that she said that tt I 'm not speaking to her again , I , I know I should n't have done it . |
| 10 | It is also the budget that has taken notice of what the opposition have actually said we listened to you we have not persevered with our original thinking , we 've talked to the officers , we 've listened to what you 've said , we may not have done it with the greatest grace possible but . |
| 11 | She might not have done it , done it but like she might have |
| 12 | Cos you 've got to allow for like they might not have done it before . |
| 13 | He could not have done it , of course , without the raw material and that is what he found in Rich and that , at first , is how he treated him . |
| 14 | If he had been indifferent to Catherine , if he had not loved her at least as much , more , than she did herself , she could not have done it . |
| 15 | Of course , Mr Nakamura could not have done it without a lot of help from his staff : two of them resigned with him and all other executives are taking a six month pay cut of between 20 per cent and 50 per cent . |
| 16 | Had she been a foreign agent , she could not have done it better . |
| 17 | I know because many years ago I happened to be in the right place , in the ambulance I was driving at the right time and was able to e effect a rescue of an old woman from her smoke filled house at Burstill Ten minutes later I could not have done it because of the smoke . |
| 18 | Yesterday I could n't have done it . |
| 19 | It 's not because we could n't have done it . |
| 20 | She stood up : ‘ No , I did n't ! — So he could n't have done it , could he ? — And before you say owt , he could n't have looked her up in the phone book 'cos she 's ex-directory ! — And anyway , he told me to go round there today and get her to put her money in the bank . |
| 21 | It is said that 50 per cent of people in Basildon read the Sun , and the appalling ‘ Terry ’ Dicks also claims ‘ I could n't have done it without the Sun ’ . |
| 22 | I could n't have done it without the help my husband gave |
| 23 | But , no , my husband has helped an awful lot , I could n't have done it without him . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's right , ’ Laura exclaimed , ‘ I could n't have done it without you . |
| 25 | They could n't have done it too promptly or else she and the Archdeacon would have met them after their ill-fated call on the Dersinghams . |
| 26 | I mean , I mean I 'm sure it 's useful in the sense that it gets one person through er doing a degree who could n't have done it otherwise , but whether it would actually give you the sort of experience you want , I 'm much more doubtful . |
| 27 | He could n't have done it … he 'd have been frantic with remorse , stayed with her to comfort her , tried to get help . |
| 28 | ‘ I mean , is n't it possible to say that Chatterton definitely could n't have done it ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ He could n't have done it , sir — not Downes . |
| 30 | I could n't have done it without you . ’ |