Example sentences of "[vb mod] have seen the " in BNC.

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1 Somebody should have seen the inevitable scramble coming , but no one did .
2 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 .
3 He should have seen the collar was no good .
4 ‘ You should have seen the smug self satisfaction on the faces of those bitches as they lined up to kiss me , ’ she rasped .
5 You should have seen the house in the old days !
6 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 .
7 You should have seen the beach at Rhodes last summer .
8 ‘ You should have seen the depth of that well today .
9 With hindsight , I know I should have seen the warning signals in the man himself , which I missed through inexperience , but the result was that a cloud of depression , a sense of failure , settled over me , and also over the whole team .
10 I was recently at a film festival and you should have seen the heterosexuals flaunting themselves . ’
11 It appears from the case decisions on this point that if the court feels that the driver should have seen the signal then the offence will be committed ;
12 Beadle 's About producer Robert Randall giggled : ‘ You should have seen the look on the guy 's face .
13 ‘ You should have seen the wages ! ’ he said ‘ Some of them were earning as much as the men ! ’
14 ‘ All right , I sprained my wrist , ’ Preston admitted , ‘ but you should have seen the other bloke . ’
15 You should have seen the butter he put on his toast in the mornings , I kept on at him but you know what he was like , he would n't be told .
16 You should have seen the dame !
17 You should have seen the place I had then — carpets and pictures , lovely it was , I kept it a treat .
18 You should have seen the look of horror !
19 You should have seen the bed .
20 " But you should have seen the blaze !
21 ‘ I 'd unwittingly bought one by a rival historian and you should have seen the way she turned her nose up at it .
22 Well you should have seen the size of it .
23 You should have seen the contract Lexington tried to get him to sign . ’
24 And every time I told him I could n't hear voices , you should have seen the look of disappointment that came into his face .
25 He should have seen the face of his right hon. Friend the Member for Finchley when he evaded answering a question about the word ’ federal ’ .
26 You should have seen the way Angy kept it … like a new pin .
27 You should have seen the old pageants .
28 It is hardly surprising that the reign of Napoleon I , an era of warfare on an unprecedented scale , should have seen the first tentative moves in this direction .
29 That this playboy prince-cum-amateur-soldier should have seen the writing on the wall before the professionals hardly enhances one 's admiration of the First War military mind .
30 He said : ‘ You should have seen the look on the faces of the children this morning .
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