Example sentences of "n't have said " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I should n't have said that . ’
2 ‘ I should n't have said that , ’ he went on .
3 ‘ You should n't have said that , Charlie . ’
4 It must be possible , or the vet would n't have said it .
5 I should n't have said that , Crevecoeur thought , too late .
6 I should n't have said the things I did .
7 I was feeling pretty fed up but I should n't have said what I did .
8 Then , ‘ Oh I am terribly sorry , perhaps I should n't have said that ? ’
9 Ten days before , the lad could n't have said that .
10 ‘ I would n't have said sinister .
11 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 .
12 You should n't have said that . ’
13 He gets shirty with Sir Burke Trend because of the impersonal way in which the Cabinet Minutes are prepared : ‘ I pointed this out to Burke Trend and I said , ‘ Harold ca n't have said this . ’
14 Though he could n't have said what that purpose might be .
15 I should n't have said that .
16 She ca n't have said that .
17 By the way , you should n't have said that about Baron .
18 ‘ I should n't have said that .
19 I should n't have said that , should I ? ’
20 I 'm so sorry , I should n't have said the things I did . ’
21 He could n't have said a truer word .
22 The uncle of 12-year-old Adele Thompson — killed by a joyrider in Toxteth , Liverpool — hit out : ‘ He would n't have said it if he had been through the heartache we have suffered . ’
23 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 .
24 And I would n't have said anything .
25 Well , he 'd had a few — I mean , he probably should n't have said what he did .
26 ‘ I 'm sorry , I should n't have said that . ’
27 ‘ I would n't have said a word , but yes , I noticed . ’
28 V.W. Yes , I mean that 's something that when I first started I would n't have said , but I 've seen over the last six years changes in the governors and the role of the governors and I sense very much so that now they want Catholic appointments .
29 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 .
30 ‘ You would n't have said it if you did n't mean it . ’
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