Example sentences of "[modal v] not [verb] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Oh , you should not have done that ! |
| 2 | ‘ I should not have done that , ’ she whispered . |
| 3 | Perhaps I should not have said that . ’ |
| 4 | She knew immediately that she should not have said that . |
| 5 | He should not have had that last drink or that last kiss . |
| 6 | ‘ You should n't 've done that . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I should n't need to do that , but the situation we are in called for it . ’ |
| 8 | I , I should n't have written that . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | She should n't have to do that . ’ |
| 11 | She should n't have to do that and she has narrowly avoided being knocked down several times herself . ’ |
| 12 | Well they were knocking one night well gone twelve , about twenty to one I think it was , still banging and hammering , and I 'm sure if I rang him and said look you know pack it up this , he 'd , he 'd say oh I 'm sorry yeah and he will , but you should n't have to do that |
| 13 | ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I should n't have said that . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You should n't have said that , Charlie . ’ |
| 15 | Then , ‘ Oh I am terribly sorry , perhaps I should 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 | By the way , you should n't have said that about Baron . |
| 20 | ‘ I should n't have said that . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sorry , I should n't have said that . ’ |
| 22 | I should n't have said that . |
| 23 | She knew she should n't have said that . |
| 24 | ‘ You should n't have said that , ’ said the poet . |
| 25 | Should n't have said that . |
| 26 | I should n't have said that . |
| 27 | ‘ You should n't have said that . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I should n't have said that . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Oh , Dana 's goody-goody sister — Oops , should n't have said that . ’ |
| 30 | I should n't have said that . |