Example sentences of "[modal v] have seen " in BNC.
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1 | We have these anatomical dolls , but anyway , you should have seen what that [ name of 4-year-old girl ] went through . |
2 | 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 ’ . |
3 | Somebody should have seen the inevitable scramble coming , but no one did . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | For it was not pure ocular seeing , or I should have seen her as a girl of the age which I have now reached . |
7 | To this he calmly replied , with more charity than I deserved : ‘ Well , you should have seen what I was like before I became one ! ’ |
8 | He should have seen the collar was no good . |
9 | ‘ You should have seen the smug self satisfaction on the faces of those bitches as they lined up to kiss me , ’ she rasped . |
10 | The man should have seen that he was a different sort of case and would n't be there for long . |
11 | You should have seen the house in the old days ! |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | You should have seen the beach at Rhodes last summer . |
15 | ‘ You should have seen his face when I told him ! |
16 | ‘ You should have seen the depth of that well today . |
17 | Oh , you should have seen it . |
18 | You should have seen their faces ! |
19 | I know I was a brilliant Bottom but you should have seen her Titania . |
20 | I 'm very sorry , ’ said Breeze sedately , ‘ that you should have seen me in that cowardly moment . ’ |
21 | A great chance lost , for had I kept as careful a lookout in front as I had behind I should have seen her before she saw me . |
22 | 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 . |
23 | If you had asked me to describe one of the Whistler 's victims that 's exactly how I should have seen her . |
24 | ‘ Oh , you should have seen her , George ! |
25 | ‘ But a lot of times Muddy used to say , ‘ You should have seen me when I was young , I was a real hellraiser ! ’ |
26 | I was recently at a film festival and you should have seen the heterosexuals flaunting themselves . ’ |
27 | Fred 's having it off with Diane and it can never get stuck on again , that 's what happens if you — it can happen , the dreadful already has , you mark my words , I think they 're very nice , dear , now do n't you worry , that broom will never sweep again , do n't let him get away with it , it can happen with your shoes off , I should take him back , dear , he who hesitates is lost , you can get lots of laughs with the vicar , should have seen it , one good turn deserves another , niggers in the broom cupboard , Mavis was just the same , what a shame … ’ |
28 | ‘ You should have seen Mrs Little 's face when I walked in . |
29 | Dinah noticed that the garden was tidy and well weeded , and reserved her opinion of the scholarly pair until she should have seen their methods for herself . |
30 | 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 ; |