Example sentences of "[adv] she [vb mod] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now several mornings a week when perhaps she should have been concerning herself with the house ( she delegated more and more to the housekeeper , who after all had run everything before she , Lily , had come ) , she would go and sit with Sadie , who was expecting another child at Christmas . |
| 2 | So she must have been wearing some funny shoes to get corns on |
| 3 | A few weeks ago she would have been looking forward to the show , but it had all fallen flat and she had to scold herself severely before she could whip up any enthusiasm at all . |
| 4 | ‘ Then surely she would have been wearing a nightdress ? ’ |
| 5 | Not only did she not help ; in the time when she could have been helping she did things like lining the kitchen cupboards with flowery paper , polishing the brass door knocker , ironing tea-towels and shampooing the TV room carpet . |
| 6 | He did not answer and she said , ‘ David ? ’ so softly she might have been waking him . |
| 7 | She opened her mouth to fire a barbed reply , then , remembering where she would have been waking up if he had n't bailed her out , she bit her tongue . |