Example sentences of "you [modal v] have [vb pp] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Congratulations on your efforts so far this year — some of you may have achieved your target already , if so , please keep going to help others in your area .
2 If you have not worked regularly at some time since 1978 because you have had to stay at home to care for either a child or a sick or elderly person you may have protected your right to a pension by claiming HRP .
3 You may have used your pitch range ( which was introduced in 15.3 ) in different ways : your pitch movements may have taken place within quite a narrow range ( narrow pitch range ) or using the full range between high and low ( wide pitch range ) ; if you did not use wide pitch range , you may have used different keys : high key ( using the upper part of your pitch range ) , mid key ( using the middle part of the range ) or low key ( the lower part ) .
4 You must have turned your back on him .
5 Even if you did n't deliver me yourself , you must have met my mother . ’
6 ‘ I think you must have lost your mind . ’
7 ‘ I think you must have seen my friend , Charles Willoughby .
8 You must have noticed our grass at the front on your way in then .
9 You must have found our library sadly deficient .
10 ‘ Well , you must have bought her dinner , drinks and so forth .
11 What with the AC30s and the guitar and so on , you must have got your gear sorted out pretty early on …
12 You must have got my letter , ’ she said .
13 You must have read my mind , ’ she said , ‘ a good strong cup of tea is just what I need . ’
14 You should have asked my permission first before bringing him along .
15 You should have heard her bellow . ’
16 ‘ I am the owner of this theatre and you should have sought my permission before you ventured inside , young lady . ’
17 ‘ That you should have lost your wife .
18 I know I was a brilliant Bottom but you should have seen her Titania .
19 She wor used to work in the kipper industry , and she 'd had smallpox once , knocked her off cos you should have seen her face .
20 You should have seen her face cos we were sat in Jenny 's .
21 You should have seen her sail in there . ’
22 You should have seen her reaction when I mentioned that Delia Forbes might have been round to see her the day she was killed . ’
23 You should have seen our tea : ham , salad , cheese , crackers , potatoes , hard-boiled eggs , bread-and-butter , trifle — all at once , mind you — cream cake , sherry , cups of tea — ’ She counted them all off on her fingers , smiling innocently as she spoke .
24 The first thing was when I got there , my parents took me up there and the cow man was just coming back from going in with the cows , and he looked across at me in my sparkling white , new uniform , you know , land army girl sort of standing , ’ Ah , you be my new mate then ! ’ you should have seen my mother 's face !
25 You should have seen your face !
26 You should have seen his desk of a morning .
27 You should have seen his face when I told him !
28 A wind from a direction that makes netting impossible in one area may be ideal somewhere else and it is , therefore , important that you should have surveyed your terrain with great care so that you are well aware of this .
29 The national screening programme will enable all women between the ages of 20 and 64 to be tested at least every five years you should have received your invitation for screening by 1993 .
30 The national screening programme will enable all women between the ages of 20 and 64 to be tested at least every five years ( you should have received your invitation for screening by 1993 ) .
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