Example sentences of "n't [vb infin] said [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I would n't have said sinister .
2 He certainly would n't have said two , why not ?
3 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 .
4 ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I should n't have said that . ’
5 ‘ You should n't have said that , Charlie . ’
6 Then , ‘ Oh I am terribly sorry , perhaps I should n't have said that ? ’
7 Ten days before , the lad could n't have said that .
8 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 .
9 You should n't have said that . ’
10 I should n't have said that .
11 She ca n't have said that .
12 By the way , you should n't have said that about Baron .
13 ‘ I should n't have said that .
14 ‘ I 'm sorry , I should n't have said that . ’
15 I should n't have said that .
16 She knew she should n't have said that .
17 ‘ You should n't have said that , ’ said the poet .
18 Should n't have said that .
19 I should n't have said that .
20 ‘ You should n't have said that . ’
21 " Forty years ago we would n't have said that ! "
22 ‘ I should n't have said that . ’
23 ‘ Oh , Dana 's goody-goody sister — Oops , should n't have said that . ’
24 I should n't have said that .
25 ‘ I 'm sorry , Seb , I should n't have said that . ’
26 I should n't have said that .
27 I should n't have said that . ’
28 ‘ Mandy , you really should n't have said that about the Mafia . ’
29 ‘ I 'm sorry , I should n't have said that .
30 I should n't have said that .
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