Example sentences of "[vb infin] [been] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I see you 've been checking your horoscope . ’ |
| 2 | He argued that teenagers were wasting their opportunities at Dovercourt , keeping the futile hope alive that they would be adopted by rich families and lead a fine life , when they could have been using their time to constructive purpose . |
| 3 | Ellis denied he was a ‘ pimp ’ and had no idea the youngster may have been using his premises for her work . |
| 4 | He could have been warning his receptionist off the line or switching off — or on — a recording device . |
| 5 | Americans from the US and the same background would have been emphasising their masculinity by drinking large rums and making too much noise . |
| 6 | He might have been reading her mind . |
| 7 | Billy must have been reading his thoughts . |
| 8 | And within two minutes of this Group One clash , Goram must have been wishing his accreditation had n't come through . |
| 9 | Well , both of them should have been wearing their life jackets before they were over water , and X should not have stowed the dinghy in the locker area when he could have kept it closer to hand on one of the spare rear seats . |
| 10 | " He must have been splitting His sides when He put the idea into the marquis 's head to leave me here . |
| 11 | Perhaps he should have been expecting her question . |
| 12 | Because i in , in theory presumably they s they should n't have been abusing their position , they should n't be gaining more because the whole point was to do it for the masses particularly , I mean if you were a Party cadre erm you should n't be getting more out of it than anybody else . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , there have been Garlands running that business for nearly ninety years , but it would have been run my way . ’ |
| 14 | She may have been doubting her faith , or at least questioning it . |
| 15 | It had been in all the national papers , but news is quickly forgotten , and at that time Willi must have been mourning his wife , trying to cope with loneliness and a small son , submerged in his own misery . |
| 16 | He 'll have been sending his money out there for years , all ready and waiting for him to arrive . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I 'd have been wasting my breath , Julia . |
| 18 | It must have been seeing her reading Tennyson that had dredged up an old forgotten quotation . |
| 19 | I I was aware , when P C was saying it was a slight contradiction , all I can suggest sir is that er whilst I was putting the door in P C would have been controlling his troops |
| 20 | But according to the common understanding of neutrality , Uruguay would have been breaking its neutrality if in the circumstances described it would have started supplying one of the parties with militarily useful materials after the outbreak of hostilities . |
| 21 | He might have been taking his temperature . |
| 22 | Not that we worried about that per se , but he could have been carrying our wages . |
| 23 | One frowning look at the table where a pint pot of tea and a plate of scones or buns should have been awaiting his arrival , sent Martha and Lydia scurrying frantically about until his needs had been met . |
| 24 | Aunt Lyallie must have been needling my mother while I was away , because one day she suddenly asked me , with tremulous anxiety : ‘ Why do n't you get married , Jim ? |
| 25 | Birmingham fans could n't believe it … the Swindon fans must have been rubbing their eyes too … ion the last minute Mitchell raced away for his hat-trick … they think it 's all over it was then … 6-4 … to Swindon … what a scorcher … |
| 26 | Mm say if you 're on the world , if you , if you 're a net importer , right , erm , and you 're buying your food commodities from the world market , you must have been rubbing your hands over the last fifty years cos you 're getting , you 're buying , you 're buying a food commodities will lower , lower prices than you would have done in the presence of free trade , cos there 's all this dumping and European surpluses , you know Come in |
| 27 | But if she had , he still would n't have been paying his tax — she would have . |
| 28 | For this reason alone , there was no reason why individuals should have been pressing their case to be personally excluded from repatriation . |
| 29 | SINCE January , when invitations for the Masters were received , those lucky and talented enough to compete at Augusta will have been fine-tuning their games to suit one of the world 's most demanding courses . |
| 30 | Given that , in 1837 , Buxton initially opposed an immediate move against apprenticeship it is doubtful how much deference would have been shown his leadership by the convention , but he had anyway lost his seat at the recent election . |