Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [pers pn] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You may think we 've been putting pressure on you , but — ’ |
| 2 | They must know it 's been going on at domestic and international level for a long time . |
| 3 | She was fleetingly reminded of Shildon insisting they walked singly into the newsroom so no one should know they had been talking together . |
| 4 | I must admit I 've been taking |
| 5 | She recovered it and was about to slip it back into the book , when she realized that if she put it back in the wrong place , Mark might think she had been snooping . |
| 6 | You might remember I 've been pressing for this for about eighteen bloody months . |
| 7 | Her thin lip curled in a rare smile — one might say she had been pursuing her own studies . |
| 8 | God in heaven , you 'd think we 'd been eating leftovers . |
| 9 | You 'd think she 'd been doing it all her life . |
| 10 | Their bodies were contorted and you could see they had been trying to protect their faces with their hands . ’ |
| 11 | She said yeah I 'll be alright , but I could see she 'd been crying earlier on in the evening , she said you always feel as if you 're |
| 12 | Carrie looked up at him and Seb could see she had been crying . |
| 13 | ‘ I could tell he 'd been drinking as soon as he joined me on the jig . |
| 14 | Then he said to Rain : ‘ You could say I have been trying to help Barbara Coleman , helping her to keep out of trouble . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'd say you 'd been sitting out in the sun too long . ’ |
| 16 | This may mean they have been going together for as little time as a few weeks , and a relationship of more than a month or two may be regarded as serious . |
| 17 | To hear Joan Marsdon talking of the PAT ( Pets as Therapy ) work she has done with her dogs Bewey , Chrissy and Beth , you would think she had been operating all her life . |
| 18 | The villagers would think I had been drinking or wandering in my wits . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Everyone would think I 'd been messing around ! |
| 20 | ‘ From the expression on Rik 's face , you would think he 'd been doing this sort of stuff all his life , ’ Gerald says . |
| 21 | She would recognise him when he made his approach , would know he had been behaving deviously but he would be straight into devious matters anyway . |
| 22 | They will think I have been collaborating with you or something ’ |
| 23 | I must go now , or my brother will guess I have been speaking to you . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ I can confirm we have been carrying out certain inquiries , including the forensic re-examination of material . ’ |
| 25 | Ever since I can remember I have been going on demonstrations . |
| 26 | Erm so yes I think we 're we can we can say we 've been leading from the front . |
| 27 | Sorry if it 's the first thing you see in the morning , still it 's not everyone who can say they 've been sleeping with a Jesuit . |
| 28 | Now I can say I 've been mixing with both the noble and the notorious . |