Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [be] [v-ing] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The irony is that I did n't realise till Christmas , when I knew I loved you , that it was someone like you I should have been looking for all these years since . ’ |
| 2 | Sir Patrick Mayhew must have been hoping for some winners and losers , as he considers how to kick-start his talks process . |
| 3 | He must have been gouging for half an hour when an idea seemed to strike him . |
| 4 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 5 | Erm the issue is is that potentially you could be goi we could 've been going for four point three extra people and we probably wo n't do that . |
| 6 | Brian Inglis , a writer on the paranormal , said the spoof could have been damaging for those who had had ghostly experiences . |
| 7 | You could have been making for any one of them in a boat . |
| 8 | Saying that they were playing very deep , but Im sure Wallace would have been looking for those balls and giving the player in posession that option . |
| 9 | She had brushed aside the congratulations of her gynaecologist when he said , ‘ Most women would have been screaming for some kind of relief long before now . ’ |
| 10 | At 10 o'clock when the Division bell goes , the House will have been sitting for seven and a half hours , from prayers through questions , statements and this debate . |