Example sentences of "[modal v] have seen a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | As Charles stood in his doorway and looked around , he must have seen a bustle of activity and a variety of dwellings only possible before the days of clinical town planning . |
2 | Thus we could not claim that an adult must have seen a speck of dust at a range of more than a foot or so , whereas birds could be said to see a small insect at 400 metres . |
3 | I think she must have seen a lot of things at that time which had made her the way she was , seen things in the blackout and in the underground stations . |
4 | The unions might have seen an opportunity , trustees might have been appointed … ’ |
5 | Some of you may have seen a bit of these before or similar ones , but it does n't matter , because it 's worth looking at again . |
6 | You may have seen a film of the African tribe , the Masai , running : they run on their toes . |
7 | You may have seen a film , but wish to talk about who did the cinematography or who played a particular character . |
8 | Police want to interview anyone who was in the wine bar on Wednesday evening who may have seen a woman drinking with a man . |
9 | You may have seen a table of life-events which indicates the relative effects of change on stress level . |
10 | In Anselm 's choice of Eadmer as his constant companion , Osbern may have seen an assurance that his hopes for the revival of Canterbury 's past might yet be fulfilled . |
11 | ‘ You would have seen a person . |
12 | The early Church , noting that this miracle took place in the wilderness , ‘ a lonely place ’ , would have seen a parallel with the feeding of the children of Israel with manna in the wilderness of the Sinai desert . |
13 | He would have seen a judgment in it . |
14 | Tony , she knew , would have seen an evening with her under those circumstances as a perfect battleground for another assault on her decision not to sleep with him . |
15 | If we could have turned over a living trilobite we would have seen an array of jointed legs on the underside , and flexible antennae . |
16 | HALF WAY through the play you will have seen a walking table , several fast opening doors , the rapid interchanging of numerous couples , and a hotel foyer that is busier than Piccadilly Circus and has more familiar faces than your family tree . |
17 | HALFWAY through the play you will have seen a walking table , several fast opening doors , the rapid interchanging of numerous couples , and a hotel foyer that is busier than Piccadilly Circus and has more familiar faces than your family tree . |
18 | HALF WAY through the play you will have seen a walking table , several fast opening doors , the rapid interchanging of numerous couples , and a hotel foyer that is busier than Piccadilly Circus and has more familiar faces than your family tree . |