Example sentences of "and [modal v] have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was very religious and may have been considering the best approaches to make . |
| 2 | They seem to have happened periodically over the last 900 million years , and may have been doing so since the early days of Earth ( the longer ago something happened , the less likely it is that we will have tripped over the evidence ) . |
| 3 | Two thirds of those with baseline hypoxaemia had been born preterm and may have been suffering mild , clinically unapparent chronic lung disease . |
| 4 | Bill was with Boots the Chemist , and may have been working in Peterborough when Kathleen was with us — I ca n't remember . |
| 5 | Everyone said I looked worn out and must have been gadding about too much ! |
| 6 | Schoolboy Bobby Dennison said : ‘ She missed me and my friend by inches and must have been doing about 60mph . |
| 7 | What intrigues me is that Mailer has spent years on it , has published almost 1,200 pages , is at work on part two and must have been doing all this while the Reagan/Bush/Casey/North epoch went rolling past a society and a mass media obsessed with Nancy 's wardrobe and the cultivation of the perfect junk-bond . |
| 8 | I was determined to get him , and must have been concentrating so intently on his movements that , like a fool , I forgot to look in the mirror until it was too late . |
| 9 | Dunwoody had in the past won on Norton 's Coin and would have been riding him in the Gold Cup had Desert Orchid been absent . |