Example sentences of "[modal v] [vb infin] seen " in BNC.
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| 1 | You should 've seen me marching home . |
| 2 | My God , you should 've seen us … . ’ |
| 3 | You should 've seen this place when we moved in . " |
| 4 | You should 've seen us . |
| 5 | He had been speaking of his wife , and Constance had been surprised , for this was the language of love and quite unlike the more usual ‘ Cor , you should 've seen the pair she had on ‘ er . ’ |
| 6 | Anyway talking of nonsense you should 've seen the bill I was sent for my council tax it was quite pricey . |
| 7 | Yeah I went and got it yesterday but they 'd had a break in and you should 've seen it they 'd smashed the front door , it were all smashed in . |
| 8 | And er , and he thought he was all hard , right and he was walking , I know he 's a dog but he , he , he knows , you know what I mean , and he walked past the shop and the dog come out the shop you should 've seen my wisht up in my arms Could n't stop laughing . |
| 9 | You should 've seen people yamming down their chips . |
| 10 | You should 've seen Nick watching . |
| 11 | ‘ You must 've seen the men , then . ’ |
| 12 | You 're not , you 've not got your councillors coming forward and er you know that , which , which I would like because the , the only way you 'll get your , get anything is by sort of working for it and erm we are very proud you know , I do n't know whether you 've , you must 've seen the book you know erm the , the was brought out the centenary , the eighty-three and er , I mean er , er there 's an awful lot of information there . |
| 13 | But the thing is she must 've seen him . |
| 14 | We have these anatomical dolls , but anyway , you should have seen what that [ name of 4-year-old girl ] went through . |
| 15 | It is typical of Lewis 's later self that he should have seen no virtue at all in Tillyard 's approach , and that furthermore he should have labelled it ‘ heresy ’ . |
| 16 | Somebody should have seen the inevitable scramble coming , but no one did . |
| 17 | In the last three months , which should have seen the culmination of Jubilee Year , a number of things happened which combined to slow and stop the momentum of Jubilee Year . |
| 18 | But when her letter said how tasty these little organic chaps can be when placed close to carrots , peas and gravy , I should have seen that she was open to contradictions . |
| 19 | For it was not pure ocular seeing , or I should have seen her as a girl of the age which I have now reached . |
| 20 | To this he calmly replied , with more charity than I deserved : ‘ Well , you should have seen what I was like before I became one ! ’ |
| 21 | He should have seen the collar was no good . |
| 22 | ‘ You should have seen the smug self satisfaction on the faces of those bitches as they lined up to kiss me , ’ she rasped . |
| 23 | The man should have seen that he was a different sort of case and would n't be there for long . |
| 24 | You should have seen the house in the old days ! |
| 25 | The case turns on whether he could or should have seen the case in the back of the lorry when he was lacing it up . |
| 26 | If it was idiotic of the BP jury to make the award to such an obviously vested interest , it seems even odder that Mr Whittam-Smith , who places such store on journalistic integrity , should have seen fit to accept it . |
| 27 | You should have seen the beach at Rhodes last summer . |
| 28 | ‘ You should have seen his face when I told him ! |
| 29 | ‘ You should have seen the depth of that well today . |
| 30 | Oh , you should have seen it . |