Example sentences of "have seen [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | LATE-NIGHT revellers who may have seen a vicious assault have ignored police appeals to come forward . |
| 2 | ‘ Some idiot might have seen a well-dressed elderly gent near the railway line and then you could have been questioned . ’ |
| 3 | Davies may have seen a close tussle between his two scrum halfs , but elsewhere in this gripping battle there was no question the Scarlets were the ones left blushing . |
| 4 | You were John Mayall 's longest-serving side man , and must have seen a good few guitarists and drummers come and go … |
| 5 | If I could have seen a respectable way to dismiss this appeal I should have been happy to do so . |
| 6 | A passenger looking out of the right-hand window of the carriage after the train for Bishop 's Castle had clattered over the pointwork away from the Shrewsbury and Hereford joint line , to curve westwards into the Onny valley , would have seen a small timber platform marking the site of a temporary station that became a permanent feature . |
| 7 | After the night Quigley had kicked my head in , I had finally seen something I should have seen a long time ago . |
| 8 | But now I have , and I see what I should have seen a long time ago , the selfish , arrogant , unscrupulous fixer who has been quietly feathering his nest in London for the past ten years at our expense after turning his back on us as though we were n't good enough for him , who could n't even be bothered to come home during this ordeal but just flew over on a weekend return when the mood took him , when he had nothing better to do , like the tourist he is ! |
| 9 | An observer would have seen a raggedy man with his possessions gathered into a couple of carrier bags , his hair uncombed , and no life in his eyes at all . |
| 10 | Here you would have seen a great attraction and opportunities to do well in expanding industries . |
| 11 | Now , if you were out and about at about ten o'clock last night you may have seen a greenish glow in the sky . |
| 12 | The way the battle was going , another half-hour would have seen the Northumbrian army beaten to shreds . |
| 13 | You may have seen the fluorescent stars and space ships that children stick on their bedroom ceiling that then glow in the dark . |
| 14 | Walking through the streets of Cristales to the school where she taught , Sister Teresa de Jesus Ramirez Vanegas may not have seen the recent threats scrawled on the village walls : ‘ Soon Cristales will be in mourning ’ … |
| 15 | Many of you will have seen the recent press reports concerning the disappearance of a member of Winfrith staff . |
| 16 | In this way , the Minoans may have seen the enshrined trees as divinely appointed trysting-places where gods and mortal men and women might meet . |
| 17 | ‘ You should have seen the smug self satisfaction on the faces of those bitches as they lined up to kiss me , ’ she rasped . |
| 18 | Not everyone will have seen the real value of that land . ’ |
| 19 | He may have seen the continental ice cap , raised by mirage . |
| 20 | If he has , he will have seen the eloquent article by the Russian Finance Minister . |
| 21 | If anyone had been paying any attention , they would have seen the drooping head suddenly lift , the hands come away from the mouth , and the strained facial muscles relax . |
| 22 | ‘ All right , I sprained my wrist , ’ Preston admitted , ‘ but you should have seen the other bloke . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ There is much more , ’ said Huy , convinced that Merymose must have seen the other similarities too . |
| 24 | Police are appealing for anyone who might have seen the red London coach on the M40 before the accident to come forward . |
| 25 | Anyone who has attended a local event will have seen the Red Cross carrying out first aid duties but its work is far wider than most people realise . |
| 26 | Most travel journalists will not have been to the Giants ' Grotto , of course , but they will certainly have seen the handy paragraph in the travel company press pack . |
| 27 | WE 'RE sure he would have seen the funny side … |
| 28 | Jack speculated that perhaps there had been some interference by a superior , or that vandals may have seen the lonely outpost as a target for action . |
| 29 | The driver must have seen the prepared patch of ice reflected in the moonlight , for I saw his white face lean close to the windscreen . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |