Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] in a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The person who put this together must have been living in a box for the last 10 years . ’ |
| 2 | An initial point is that the LDDC could not have been operating in a more favourable environment . |
| 3 | In repose Biff 's arm hung in mid-air ; he might have been recuperating in a wing of the Apothacarion with his limb in traction … |
| 4 | I 'll have been feeling in a different way when I 've painted something three months ago , so it would be wrong to go back and work on it again . |
| 5 | So , let's think about our objectives , first of all an objective , I might have come to Abbey Life to make money , last year , I might have been working in a factory , earning fifteen , twelve , fifteen thousand a year , and I might make my objective in my first year with Abbey Life to earn sixty thousand pounds . |
| 6 | They must have been waiting in a car , as neither wore an overcoat and both were suddenly there smack in front of me , blocking the pavement , tantalizingly close to home . |