Example sentences of "you [modal v] have [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may have noticed the happy ending came rather pat . |
| 2 | If the child does not comply you may have to repeat the three-minute interval several times . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I think you may have met the medical student last spring ? |
| 5 | You may have seen the fluorescent stars and space ships that children stick on their bedroom ceiling that then glow in the dark . |
| 6 | ‘ You may have got the wrong number , dear , but it 's a stroke of luck for you … and for your baby . ’ |
| 7 | If this is not possible you may have to forget the whole report unless your client will accept that you have read it , or a separate part of it , and they can not . |
| 8 | For them to give you the service you want they need to know about your ideas and any suggestions and comments you may have to ensure the best possible service . |
| 9 | You may have drawn the two figures on page 109 before . |
| 10 | But if you are a strongly goal-orientated individual who enjoys solitary intellectual pursuits , you may have found the perfect job . |
| 11 | And if you lose , you may have to pay the other party 's costs as well . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 ’ . |
| 15 | You should have discovered the following facts . |
| 16 | 4. ( a ) On MacDonald 's character you should have indicated the telling phrase " characteristic self-pity " and indicated the implications of the penultimate paragraph . |
| 17 | ‘ All right , I sprained my wrist , ’ Preston admitted , ‘ but you should have seen the other bloke . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You should have seen the smug self satisfaction on the faces of those bitches as they lined up to kiss me , ’ she rasped . |
| 19 | You should have seen the old pageants . |
| 20 | ‘ You should have shut the stable door so the damn horse do n't bolt . ’ |
| 21 | " You should have joined the diplomatic service ! |
| 22 | You should have ringed the following . |
| 23 | After this lesson you should have known the five shapes plus the five associated chord shapes around which the scale fingerings lie . |
| 24 | but you should have got the same thing from them . |
| 25 | You might have to write the whole programme again to do that . |
| 26 | Alright , you might have got the odd but it 's all this warming , doing it and then half leaving it and then |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | You 'll have to do the same with me . |
| 29 | To be in with a chance of winning you 'll have to answer the following three questions ( the categories are popular music , fashion and words ) . |
| 30 | As he is not a chap to do anything by halves , to get your hands on the eight per cent SGNs you 'll have to go the whole hog and invest in ‘ Work '69 : Terres a Vin ’ , a box containing six special half-bottles ( 1 Muenchberg Riesling ‘ VV ’ , 2 Muenchberg Pinot Gris and 3 Franholz Gewurztraminer ) with handmade labels and capsules pebbledashed with vineyard soil , a piece of rock from each of the three Grand Cru vineyards and a book of Andre 's poems . |