Example sentences of "not [vb infin] said [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | Robert would not have said that the fanlight was almost obliterated with bird droppings . |
2 | The main reason why scholars have thought that the forged passages conferring the primacy were already in the documents in 1072 is that , if they were not there , Lanfranc could not have said that these papal letters were the ultimum robur of his whole case . |
3 | Dr Tariq would not have said that he liked the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council , but he admired him . |
4 | She could not have said that she found him dull , because she did not know it , and was conscious only of her own failure , and her misery at her own personal inadequacy quite drowned any sensation of boredom . |
5 | ‘ I should not have said that , ’ she reluctantly admitted . |
6 | The Prime Minister could not have said that between 1987 and April 1991 — the four years when child benefit was frozen . |
7 | By the time masculine footsteps sounded on the flight of steps beyond the veranda , she could n't have said whether twenty minutes had passed or fifty . |
8 | ‘ I should n't have said that , ’ he went on . |
9 | I should n't have said that , Crevecoeur thought , too late . |
10 | I should n't have said that , should I ? ’ |
11 | Francis let his guard slip when he said : ‘ He 's going to be one of the great players … perhaps I should n't have said that because it will put too much pressure on him . |
12 | Or perhaps I should n't have said that … ’ |
13 | Now as far as I 'm concerned , if the benefit to B is greater , supposing for example , they 're not the same age , sorry , I should n't have said that about being the same age . |
14 | I should n't have said that … it does n't help . |
15 | We gave a few outlines of schemes of work and bits and pieces of information , but I would n't have said that it caused any great feeling of self-analysis . |
16 | I it did I mean I thought afterwards I should n't have said that to er John because he would be thinking , Oh here 's negative Nelly coming along . |
17 | I 'm sorry , I should n't have said that , especially as … ’ |
18 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I should n't have said that because it is n't the issue here . |
19 | But as she sat beside Ven Gajdusek while the car rolled silently downhill and into Mariánské Láznë , and she recovered her normally even temper , she could n't have said that she was too put out by the experience . |
20 | I should n't 'ave said that I suppose cos you ai n't got no friends any more , 'ave yer ? |