Example sentences of "[vb past] n't said " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do wish he had n't said that last bit . |
| 2 | Then he wished he had n't said that . |
| 3 | He had n't said anything about going home for tea . |
| 4 | But the woman had n't said it was urgent , that his Mum should go to the hospital right away or anything . |
| 5 | Mrs Hollidaye had n't said anything about cooking it . |
| 6 | ‘ Never mind that , ’ I said , disappointed that she had n't said ‘ Rumpelstiltskin ’ . |
| 7 | She looked so stricken at this that he wished he had n't said it . |
| 8 | They threw us out at four o'clock and in all that time I had n't said a word , just listened . |
| 9 | ‘ Jimmy , who had n't said a word , suddenly said , ‘ You know , Leslie , you 've been a bit of a bastard , have n't you … |
| 10 | Pity he had n't said that to begin with . |
| 11 | But Susan had n't said a word about leaving St Petrock 's . |
| 12 | Her contact had n't said whether Haminh lived alone or not , and without definite information Fox was not about to risk waiting for her inside her room . |
| 13 | He wished he had n't said that . |
| 14 | As I saw it , they were either downmarket Wimpy bars or precious bistros where all you could hear were the sounds of the cutlery hitting the plate , and people would cough before speaking because they had n't said anything for such a long time , what with all the hush . |
| 15 | The Abbot had n't said a word since the arrival of the new nomes . |
| 16 | If only I had n't said this , that or the other . |
| 17 | He had n't said ‘ real coffee , ’ but he made damn sure you got the message . |
| 18 | I just wish she had n't said it . |
| 19 | He was speaking as if Gentle would agree to the rendezvous , which , though he had n't said so yet , he would . |
| 20 | If the NEA had n't said anything about the Mapplethorpe show , nobody would really have complained . |
| 21 | At about the same time as the State Department was receiving this cable from their most senior man on the spot , Secretary of State Byrnes was cabling the Paris embassy that the French were planning to reconquer Tonkin and might set up a puppet government ; while in Hanoi the French commander , General Morlière , was claiming that the US and Chinese consuls had denounced the ‘ criminal and bestial folly ’ of the Vietminh ; although apparently they had n't said a word one way or the other . |
| 22 | Like their father , and Milly their help , who was working in a munitions factory , and Bongo their dog ( their mother had n't said what had happened to him ) she belonged somewhere else . |
| 23 | He had n't said a great deal , content to look at her as she told him all about life in the convent and of the strange foibles of some of her companions . |
| 24 | He had n't said a word since his last attempt to bamboozle the androids who had brought them more bread and water . |
| 25 | I 'm going to wish I had n't said that . |
| 26 | She smiled : ‘ I had n't said sorry yet , had I ? ’ |
| 27 | No , I 've arranged to rent Mr Boldwood 's farm , and I could have been your farm manager as well , if — well — if people had n't said things about us . ’ |
| 28 | If you get all serious , I 'll begin to wish I had n't said anything at all . ’ |
| 29 | Dadda he had told , though even to him he had given only a vague location , but he had n't said a word to his grandmother and he was sure Peter would n't have told Uncle Leonard and Auntie Midge . |
| 30 | The boy 's eyes had met his own , and for a moment Pavel had been afraid ; but the boy had n't said anything , and after a moment he 'd looked away . |