Example sentences of "really [modal v] [adv] have " in BNC.

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1 You really should n't have ventured so far , ’ she protested .
2 Well , it was the last straw , apparently , to be told by this cultivated , clean , excessively reasonable , and controlled favourite son , in these hideous surroundings , that Vincent really should n't have come here ; that it was more foolishness , another dead-end , when he could have gone to university and made everyone happy , including himself .
3 Ideas I really should n't have . ’
4 ‘ Thomas , you really should n't have . ’
5 ‘ It really should n't have happened . ’
6 I really should n't have teased you as I did .
7 ‘ Mandy , you really should n't have said that about the Mafia . ’
8 well that is a problem we all have to suffer Jan , erm and this shipment , this really should n't have to be more than ten or fifteen minutes work with you and Marty
9 Salutations 0 Mighty Apollo ! glad your music tour went down well , playing the fiddle standing on your head while drinking a glass of water is very clever , none but a Nero could do it , but you really should not have set fire to the auditorium as an encore .
10 The attempt failed , but it really should not have been tried .
11 but of course the main event of the year at Headingley is the Test Match , and say Yorkshire Cricket Club : ‘ You really could n't have a better view than from the comfort of an executive box . ’
12 They really could n't have managed without him .
13 What I 'm going to suggest to you however is er a child of that size being covered by a duvet you really could n't have missed if you bothered to look .
14 It really need not have hurried .
15 But I really need n't have worried —
16 You really need n't have troubled yourself to come looking for me . ’
17 It covered a large area , and I really would n't have minded leaving Nigel there , but the compost heap was what he wanted , and the compost heap was where he was going .
18 It 's just that Alice looked so gorgeous , I really would n't have blamed him . ’
19 Aye well that 's it er I mean there was no , as I said there was no alarms for anybody else or anybody who was n't there really would n't have a much of an idea to how drastic it was and what was going on at the time .
20 I have accepted part of it , and I 've amended it to ensure that we can overcome the criticisms er that would have been involved if we 'd left it er as it was , er and above all , and I think this is the most important thing , we 've made sure that it will work , er and that it will meet our objectives of getting competition into the franchises , if we 'd just ended up with one great monolithic British Rail , after all each franchise remember will be coming gradually , they wo n't be doing them all at once , there will be one next year , several the year after , and so on , if British Rail had been able to go around and pick them off , and say , Well we can run this now in the future much better than we 've done it in the past , so we 'll bid , and we 'll bid a low bid , that really would n't have been getting fair and proper competition into the system , so what i what I 've done is ensured , as I 've done all the way through in this bill in accepting amendments , that we make sure we achieve our objectives , and that above all it 's workable , the , as it was it would n't as it was the Paignton amendment would n't have been workable , because there would have been total chaos and confusion
21 tournament administrator , said : ‘ The tournament really would n't have been possible without this sponsorship .
22 un unfortunately he has but , you know , and James goes , he goes God that really does n't sound like Sal , I really would n't have thought he would 've done that to you .
23 But I really would rather have Chatsworth . ’
24 Colonel really ca n't have it all ways .
25 This really will almost have destroyed the parish ministry in Scotland . ’
26 ‘ The competition is well under way , so if we do n't get going now we really wo n't have a chance .
27 He really can not have it both ways .
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