Example sentences of "n't have [vb pp] this " in BNC.

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1 She should n't have felt this sense of grief , should n't have felt betrayed , but she did .
2 I would n't have noticed this if Jack had n't drawn it to my attention .
3 ‘ I 'm sure she would n't have wanted this . ’
4 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 . ’
5 for him about the second half saying , you know that he would n't have said this , would n't have said that .
6 But you ca n't have missed this can of worms , even from a foot deep of sand .
7 ‘ And , besides , I would n't have missed this moment for the world . ’
8 Two years ago we could n't have made this .
9 He could n't have done this while she had all that sea room .
10 The firm ‘ would n't have done this just to give employees the benefit of a tax rate differential , ’ says William Montgoris , the finance director .
11 As I put the ‘ phone down , I said to myself : Maurice could n't have done this .
12 She could n't have done this herself . "
13 Ooh dear , I knew we should n't have done this .
14 ‘ But Jeff could n't have done this . ’
15 We would n't have had this problem if the board had n't got rid of Batts and Wilko could handle Cuntona and Rocky — poor management decisions are costing this club a chance of the title .
16 He says if people had listen to the voices who were calling for him to be locked up then he would n't have had this chance to show an improvement .
17 ‘ I would n't have thought this was your way , Richmann , ’ he called through gritted teeth .
18 If you 're normal you wo n't have enjoyed this book much ( ! ) — but apart from that you will also continue to get things wrong occasionally .
19 ‘ You could n't have mentioned this when I took a shot at him in the alleyway . ’
20 But surely Sykes could n't have predicted this outcome ? she objected silently .
21 See , he said , I told you you should n't have come this way .
22 ‘ I should n't have washed this skirt , ’ she said .
23 She would n't have experienced this last week .
24 She would n't have left this address unless she had intended — hoped ? he would go after her .
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