Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [pron] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You will no doubt have been assisting her in basic matters connected with the running of her home while she is still in a state of shock following her husband 's death , for at this point even the most capable women sometimes find day-to-day planning and decision-making very hard to cope with and need to be eased gently back into their normal routine . |
| 3 | He might have been receiving her in the best parlour on a Sunday afternoon . |
| 4 | Rather could Offa have been securing himself in territory only recently recovered from Cynewulf . |
| 5 | If the police had never set up the jewellers shop , they would , in my judgment , have been doing the same thing , though of course they would not have been doing it in that shop , at that time . |
| 6 | I mean , we could have been doing anything in there . ’ |