Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb mod] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I felt a strong feeling of nausea as I realised that I had put my hand through the chest of a dead British soldier that could have been lying in the ditch for several days . |
| 2 | However , in general , he was not allowed to go there since his presence excited all of the large apes housed there and interfered with any research that might have been going on . |
| 3 | Dunwoody had in the past won on Norton 's Coin and would have been riding him in the Gold Cup had Desert Orchid been absent . |
| 4 | Two thirds of those with baseline hypoxaemia had been born preterm and may have been suffering mild , clinically unapparent chronic lung disease . |
| 5 | Some younger ones too may want children to fill some need for love and affection that may have been lacking in their lives . |
| 6 | Undertaken sensitively and carefully by an experienced operator in controlled circumstances , regression therapy should be a beneficial and restorative experience for the subject , enabling him to be rid of a serious problem that may have been troubling him for years and indeed possibly ruining his life . |
| 7 | Schoolboy Bobby Dennison said : ‘ She missed me and my friend by inches and must have been doing about 60mph . |
| 8 | They had taken the very unusual step of advertising in the local newspaper for anyone to come forward who knew of any ritual practices that might have been taking place in South Ronaldsay . |
| 9 | He also saw two carriages that might have been carrying senior officers , and he flirted with the idea that one of the carriages might have belonged to the Emperor himself . |