Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] been [v-ing] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then I went to the carers ' meeting [ at the day centre ] and there was somebody there from CAB and they said ‘ You should have been getting it ages ago ’ . |
| 2 | He was ever anxious about the weather and , when he could think of nothing else to be anxious about , he became worried that he must have forgotten something important that should have been causing him worry . |
| 3 | Well it must have been hurting you to make you do that . |
| 4 | He must have been wondering what had happened to his Sunday dinner , if they had such a thing in Joy 's house . |
| 5 | Your lord may even find it diverting , as well as enlightening , for he must have been wondering what had been laid on his doorstone . ’ |
| 6 | He might have been using it to make him feel good and as a means to escape boredom or because he feels under pressure to join a group who were sniffing . |
| 7 | I thought he might have been blaming you like he does , er blame you for moving all his letters when you have n't even touched them ! |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I think that 's what Eve would have been telling you had she been able to give you a ring … . ’ |
| 10 | I would have been killing myself laughing if the team were n't battling away so furiously for a winner and the whole place going mad . |