Example sentences of "n't have [vb pp] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would n't have characterised that as urgent . ’ |
| 2 | Ha , gee you would n't have believed that was possible . |
| 3 | One person may feel guilty because ‘ I should n't have eaten that chocolate bar ’ while the next is suffering pangs because of some pain caused to another person . |
| 4 | I only accepted this [ methadone ] maintenance course to make sure he went on one , too , because if I had n't , he would have carried on using gear and I could n't have handled that . |
| 5 | She would n't have kept that , if she had n't loved you . ’ |
| 6 | One of the last things I 've written — it 's not finished yet — but the first line is , ‘ I 'm in love with my wife ’ and I probably would n't have written that two years ago . |
| 7 | I , I should n't have written that . |
| 8 | The fall itself did n't kill her — it was hitting her head on the stanchion ; Georgina could n't have planned that . ’ |
| 9 | You could see her thinking about it , but you could n't have heard that on the phone . |
| 10 | As Brazil 's midfield dynamo , Dunga , of Fiorentina , says with a wry grin : ‘ Brazil 1989 would n't have lost that game to Italy in 1982 . |
| 11 | Daddy would n't have liked that . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I should n't have said that . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ You should n't have said that , Charlie . ’ |
| 14 | Then , ‘ Oh I am terribly sorry , perhaps I should n't have said that ? ’ |
| 15 | Ten days before , the lad could n't have said that . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | You should n't have said that . ’ |
| 18 | I should n't have said that . |
| 19 | She ca n't have said that . |
| 20 | By the way , you should n't have said that about Baron . |
| 21 | ‘ I should n't have said that . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I should n't have said that . ’ |
| 23 | I should n't have said that . |
| 24 | She knew she should n't have said that . |
| 25 | ‘ You should n't have said that , ’ said the poet . |
| 26 | Should n't have said that . |
| 27 | I should n't have said that . |
| 28 | ‘ You should n't have said that . ’ |
| 29 | " Forty years ago we would n't have said that ! " |
| 30 | ‘ I should n't have said that . ’ |