Example sentences of "not [vb infin] said [det] " in BNC.

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1 Perhaps I should not have said that . ’
2 She knew immediately that she should not have said that .
3 Before Sunday I would not have said that .
4 I think when I meet — and maybe would count them not in hundreds , but in tens — when I meet women who make those sorts of comments and say this time last year I would not have said that , then those sorts of things encourage me very much .
5 One mother claimed : ‘ She would not have said such a thing if she had been married .
6 And he could believe that although Zoser might not have said these things he had actually felt them .
7 His aim is to make ACT number one supplier for the international finance sector , and although he admits he could n't have said such a thing three years ago without being laughed at , he now feels confident that it is a realisable goal .
8 ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I should n't have said that . ’
9 ‘ You should n't have said that , Charlie . ’
10 Then , ‘ Oh I am terribly sorry , perhaps I should n't have said that ? ’
11 Ten days before , the lad could n't have said that .
12 There followed a silence during which Agnes gripped the stanchion of the door and brought her chin tight into her chest , only to raise it again as she endeavoured to hear what her father was now saying quietly and with a purposeful intent , ‘ You should n't have said that , Alice .
13 You should n't have said that . ’
14 I should n't have said that .
15 She ca n't have said that .
16 By the way , you should n't have said that about Baron .
17 ‘ I should n't have said that .
18 ‘ I 'm sorry , I should n't have said that . ’
19 I should n't have said that .
20 She knew she should n't have said that .
21 ‘ You should n't have said that , ’ said the poet .
22 Should n't have said that .
23 I should n't have said that .
24 ‘ You should n't have said that . ’
25 " Forty years ago we would n't have said that ! "
26 ‘ I should n't have said that . ’
27 ‘ Oh , Dana 's goody-goody sister — Oops , should n't have said that . ’
28 I should n't have said that .
29 ‘ I 'm sorry , Seb , I should n't have said that . ’
30 I should n't have said that .
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