Example sentences of "[vb mod] have [adv] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm .. you know you should 've nipped that in the bud straight away rather than saying yeah we 'll put it in the post , we can do that , you should 've just said you know well I 'll bring it all along and gone from there . |
| 2 | I feel you should have maybe said , ‘ Yes , Eric , okay , that 's really relevant , ’ and then edited the comment out just as you did with the rest of my letter . |
| 3 | or whatever she might have just said something in |
| 4 | He could have straightforwardly said that the label-switcher had assumed one of the rights of the owner and had therefore appropriated . |
| 5 | Ronni could have just said nothing . |
| 6 | He could have just said goodbye . |
| 7 | Well , she could have just said oh well you can borrow some they 're on sh shelf in the maths room . |
| 8 | The crowd was full of pickpockets , as I pointed out to him , and I could have easily said , well , I am sorry Oscar , but you know it is one of the risks here . |
| 9 | If my children came home and said to me that they got the cane at school I 'd have just said well you must have deserved it . |
| 10 | But I would 've never I would 've never said to your dad well he 's saying ah he were n't too broad in my opinion like but he was broader than your mother . |
| 11 | She would have just said Charlie 's home . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Most people would have simply said ‘ Thank God for that ’ and done nothing more . |
| 13 | And I think it sort of paid off in making people feel in the town during the year that they had a mayor , that the ceremonial actually meant something and related to them , and certainly I still find tremendous numbers of people who sort of come along and invite you to things — people who before would have probably said ‘ Oh it 's a waste of money ’ , and I think we did quite a lot to change that attitude . |
| 14 | And certainly I still find tremendous numbers of people who sort of come along and invite you to things , people who before would have probably said , ‘ Oh , it 's a waste of money , ’ and I think we did quite a lot to , to change that attitude . |