Example sentences of "could have [be] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No it 's erm , on , on Monday , on Monday morning they could 've been working |
| 2 | It 's not very nice when you 're driving the vehicle and er I know you 're all experienced drivers and then you get somebody sitting there alongside you starting to look at you do , and I I you could 've been driving all your life but you still feel a bit edgy and a bit tense . |
| 3 | But they could 've been talking about something personal and we would 've heard everything they said . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | she 's it could 've been saying |
| 6 | He could have been writing about van Gogh . |
| 7 | They could have been writing under Stalin : ‘ Life in blocks of apartments … means living under the close scrutiny of your neighbours . |
| 8 | Spent ten years writing L'Idiot de la famille when he could have been writing Maoist tracts . |
| 9 | A spokesman said they could have been trying to race the MG . |
| 10 | She could have been trying to picture the place where Zeno and she might meet ; some barren scrap of land inside her head . |
| 11 | In fact , the high quality of iron ore available to the Romans in Britain combined with the use of charcoal fuel in the smelting process , meant that they could have been producing steel which would have given a much harder and sharper edge to the blade than normal iron . |
| 12 | You see , it hurt me to think that you hated me , that you could have been conspiring behind my back with a man like William , but then I began to think a little straighter . |
| 13 | As you retire to your beds at dusk on the eve of Hallowe'en , perhaps you might ponder upon the exciting evening you could have been enjoying and resolve to end this ridiculous feud at last . ’ |
| 14 | Speaking at the service in St Nicholas 's Church , Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , he said Sgt Forth , 34 , was killed on a night when he could have been enjoying the festivities at a friend 's wedding . |
| 15 | It could have been leaking for months . |
| 16 | Some of his companions had reported smoke , but Dulé had thought little of it — Sycorax could have been stewing the indigo with special enthusiasm . |
| 17 | ‘ Someone could have been hiding here when we came into the church earlier today . |
| 18 | Perot was furious ; instead of chasing chimeras , his money could have been earning interest in the bank . |
| 19 | ‘ Nevertheless , it is strange that he should keep such a sum on current account , when he could have been earning two per cent interest . ’ |
| 20 | Nobody with such a disease could have been training so hard and felt so well . |
| 21 | Ralph Berger and Ian Oswald established that the REM sleep periods characterized by few and small eye movements were accompanied by experiences of what they called " passive " dreaming , with few events reported that the subject could have been scanning . |
| 22 | Their fitness might have protected them , but the stress of competitive sport could have been damaging . |
| 23 | Brian Inglis , a writer on the paranormal , said the spoof could have been damaging for those who had had ghostly experiences . |
| 24 | Barbara Coleman had said Maurin was responsible for keeping her hidden , and therefore the men who attacked Edouard could have been acting for him . |
| 25 | The grandparent could have been living a few houses away . |
| 26 | He argued that teenagers were wasting their opportunities at Dovercourt , keeping the futile hope alive that they would be adopted by rich families and lead a fine life , when they could have been using their time to constructive purpose . |
| 27 | There are a couple of tracks from ‘ The Extremist ’ where it sounds like you could have been using a Les Paul , and that could have been the influence of the new stop tailpiece … |
| 28 | If she had accepted him , she could have been looking forward to a child of her own now . |
| 29 | Anyone could have been looking out the window seeing them being cheap with the teddy boy . |
| 30 | He could have been looking . |