Example sentences of "he [modal v] have been [v-ing] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alongside rich , corrupt and irresistible Sir Jack Falstaff is the young Prince Hal , wandering far from his true royal path , mixing with thieves and wastrels when he ought to have been studying to be a king . |
| 2 | ‘ He may have been hoping to . |
| 3 | Comparison of ‘ To Lucinda ’ with the first publication of ‘ The Rural Maid 's Reflexions ’ shows that Browne , for whatever reason , changed at least one title , though he may have been returning to the original . |
| 4 | A Royal Ulster Constabulary spokesman said : ‘ Although he may have been coming to the end of his racing career , he was potentially valuable for stud purposes . ’ |
| 5 | In Imperial Gothic he should have been praying to the God-Emperor for help . |
| 6 | The Rhodesia Metals case was referred to in the Hang Seng Bank case [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 306 and it follows that when Lord Bridge used the words ‘ place where the property was let ’ he must have been referring to the place where the property let was situated and not to the place or places where the lease happened to have been signed . |
| 7 | He referred to the Man City game which he must have been listening to on Manc Radio . |
| 8 | He might have been listening to Moses when he came down from the mountain . |
| 9 | He might have been talking to the sheep when he said softly : |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not a pleasant thought that he could have been listening to , and taping , our conversations . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ When he did so , he would have been holding to an instinctive belief that the signal behind him would inevitably have gone to red . |