Example sentences of "you [vb mod] have been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may have been born in another country , for instance , and still not feel truly at home in the foreign culture and customs you have come to . |
| 2 | As well as being appropriately dressed you should also be aware that you may have been noted even while looking at the agency 's window display . |
| 3 | You may find that you sleep better than before ( and can throw away any sleeping pills you may have been taking ) , that you have got rid of that nagging headache or that the muscles in your neck and shoulders suddenly feel warm and relaxed . |
| 4 | You may have been instructed by a superior in your organisation to solve a problem by writing a report on it . |
| 5 | You may have been expecting me , but I sure as hell was n't expecting you ! ’ |
| 6 | You may have been conned into believing that successful human beings are the ones with loads of brains and loads of friends but the truth is different ! |
| 7 | A SEEMS to me as though you may have been overfeeding them with a fertiliser containing quite a lot of nitrogen and perhaps over-watering . |
| 8 | You may have been sat in the Wendover if you 've come on the Sunday , but even having breakfast I bet you were going , what time do you think we ought to leave . |
| 9 | In fact , you can use your Steamatic to tackle those tough and often unpleasant jobs that you may have been putting off for ages . |
| 10 | You may have been offered the similar T.buttikoferi , which has the usual bad habits when adult . |
| 11 | Paradoxically , however , although over the years you may have been contributing many thousands of pounds to the Inland Revenue , in practice you may have had very little direct contact with the tax system . |
| 12 | If time-out did n't work for you , you may have been applying the method incorrectly . |
| 13 | Consider the following reading tasks that you may have been set , either by yourself or your teacher : |
| 14 | All the caution and tension that you may have been feeling has now flown . |
| 15 | Look forward to your future with optimism , even though you may have been feeling held back for some time . |
| 16 | So be on your guard , and if you think you may have been sold a fake , report it to your local trading standards department immediately . |
| 17 | and what they did , and you were there , and you must 've been listening , what they did , percent for people , they moved it up to Policy and Resources , Policy and Resources percent for people came around , Councillor spoke . |
| 18 | I said , ‘ What I told you before — you were dreaming , you must 've been dreaming , you know . |
| 19 | You must have been expecting trouble . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You must have been expecting me . ’ |
| 21 | But you must you must have been asked dozens of times to go back into the pop concert field ? |
| 22 | ‘ You must have been mistaken , ’ Barak replied , shaking his head . |
| 23 | There are a few conditions ; you must have been sailing within the area or bands briefed by the flotilla skipper , timing starts when the lead boat acknowledges the failure , and you must return to UK with a report signed by the flotilla skipper detailing the circumstances . |
| 24 | You must have been receiving or entitled to income support or supplementary benefit for a continuous period of 26 weeks ( but one break of 14 days or less will not matter ) . |
| 25 | You must have been spoilt rotten Dennis Lotus , er singing with a band like Ted Heath . |
| 26 | ‘ You must have been blown in there by the blast of the bomb . |
| 27 | You must have been listening to the B.B.C. or something . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You must have been collecting antiques quite a while . ’ |
| 29 | Those two had a photo to watch for you coming off the plane — which means you must have been followed to Helsinki Airport . |
| 30 | ‘ You must have been living somewhere . ’ |