Example sentences of "you [modal v] have [vb pp] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may have noticed the happy ending came rather pat . |
| 2 | You may have heard the horrific tale of the small boy who was painted from head to toe with a metallic-based substance for a carnival and who consequently died of respiratory failure . |
| 3 | I think you may have met the medical student last spring ? |
| 4 | You may have seen the fluorescent stars and space ships that children stick on their bedroom ceiling that then glow in the dark . |
| 5 | ‘ You may have got the wrong number , dear , but it 's a stroke of luck for you … and for your baby . ’ |
| 6 | You may have drawn the two figures on page 109 before . |
| 7 | But if you are a strongly goal-orientated individual who enjoys solitary intellectual pursuits , you may have found the perfect job . |
| 8 | You ought to have seen the old girl ! |
| 9 | Lucy Lane interrupted , authority in her voice : ‘ Before we move on , others of you must have seen the safe open from time to time ; it would be useful if we could establish how long the books have been there . ’ |
| 10 | Now , on the Sunday she died , Lady Eleanor abruptly broke with custom , refusing to go to Compline , and someone as alert as you must have seen the secret preparations she had made . ’ |
| 11 | You must have heard the old story about the bucket of water ; when it was shown to the optimist he described it as being ‘ half full ’ while the pessimist said that it was ‘ half empty ’ . |
| 12 | You should 've heard the different birds . |
| 13 | You should have discovered the following facts . |
| 14 | 4. ( a ) On MacDonald 's character you should have indicated the telling phrase " characteristic self-pity " and indicated the implications of the penultimate paragraph . |
| 15 | ‘ All right , I sprained my wrist , ’ Preston admitted , ‘ but you should have seen the other bloke . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ You should have seen the smug self satisfaction on the faces of those bitches as they lined up to kiss me , ’ she rasped . |
| 17 | You should have seen the old pageants . |
| 18 | ‘ You should have shut the stable door so the damn horse do n't bolt . ’ |
| 19 | " You should have joined the diplomatic service ! |
| 20 | You should have ringed the following . |
| 21 | After this lesson you should have known the five shapes plus the five associated chord shapes around which the scale fingerings lie . |
| 22 | but you should have got the same thing from them . |
| 23 | Alright , you might have got the odd but it 's all this warming , doing it and then half leaving it and then |
| 24 | But in this present confusion and uncertainty , while you might have spotted the odd pair of bellbottom pants , German labels are engaged in an unseemly bout of navel-gazing . |
| 25 | I am writing to warn other dog owners of the potential hazard of the rape plant ( you 'll have noticed the bright yellow flowers now covering so many fields ) . |
| 26 | You 'll have inherited the other thing , too . |
| 27 | So you see you you 'd have gone the wrong place would n't you if you 'd followed what |
| 28 | But then , you 'd have said the same about Crippen or Christie , would n't you ? |
| 29 | I 'm sure you 'd have done the same if you 'd been in my shoes . ’ |
| 30 | It 's the nicest site around and from the surrounding countryside you 'd have seen the white mounds of the burial sites standing out against the sky , right against the heavens |