Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb mod] have been [v-ing] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I may have been thinking of using the money saved from the mortgage payments on a new telly or something , but not now . ’ |
| 2 | It was him she must have been thinking of . |
| 3 | She must have been thinking of Steven ( bridegroom 's name ) . |
| 4 | She suddenly became aware that she must have been thinking of Naylor Massingham for quite a bit of the journey , when she was all at once incredibly jolted by a question that flashed into her head out of nowhere . |
| 5 | She could have been speaking of failing to spot an acquaintance in a crowd . |
| 6 | Even before he was consecrated , and perhaps as soon as he was elected , at a moment when , by ordinary rules of prudence , he should have been thinking of equipping himself with all the forms of expert knowledge required by his new position , he chose one of the group of English monks to be his closest and most constant companion . |