Example sentences of "[noun] [vb mod] have been [v-ing] for " in BNC.

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1	Mr Stein would have been looking for chefs , receptionists , back-room staff , chambermaids , gardeners , laundry workers , bar staff , waiters … ’
2	Barbara Coleman had said Maurin was responsible for keeping her hidden , and therefore the men who attacked Edouard could have been acting for him .
3	Brian Inglis , a writer on the paranormal , said the spoof could have been damaging for those who had had ghostly experiences .
4	Grant got the impression that Larsen must have been waiting for his signal , like a sprinter crouched in his blocks waiting for the starter 's gun to launch him into motion .
5	‘ I know Ron would have been shouting for him .
6	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 .
7	Trying to interrogate officers of the Grand Army would have been asking for trouble .
8	In some sense Angela may have been paying for the assets — they had assets valued at £600,000 then , most of it in the lease on the building .
9	While the book may have been disappointing for Books Etc in Charing Cross Road , the overall UK sales were spectacularly good at over 40,000 copies in the trade — a record sale for a Herbert hardback .
10	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 . ’
11	Sir Patrick Mayhew must have been hoping for some winners and losers , as he considers how to kick-start his talks process .
12	Whitaker and Milton would have been trying for a unique hat-trick in this , the most important of all indoor championships , after winning in Dortmund in 1990 and Gothenburg last year .
13	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 .

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