Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] [verb] been [v-ing] [det] " in BNC.

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1 My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems .
2 My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems .
3 Should n't have been doing that and should n't have been doing that .
4 Should n't have been doing that and should n't have been doing that .
5 Predictably , perhaps , one eagle-eyed visitor to the Royal Photographic Society in Bath , where the sculpture is currently showing , rang up to complain that it was n't accurate , that the bowler could n't have been doing all those things .
6 With his hand pressed firmly to a creased brown , Spencer uttered : ‘ Oh man , if I 'd known you were gon na wear shoes like that , we would n't have been having this conversation … ‘
7 ‘ We ca n't have been running all day .
8 Many of them will not have been earning enough to pay national insurance , so will not qualify for unemployment benefit — and will not affect the unemployment statistics .
9 Esau can not have been expecting such remorse , such willingness to make amends from Jacob .
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