Example sentences of "[modal v] have [be] [v-ing] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of worrying about how to make the RUC acceptable to the minority , O'Neill should have been using the legitimate power of the state to crush an illegal insurrection . |
| 2 | ‘ All the more reason why he should have been having the full attention of you both , ’ Doctor Staples said sharply . |
| 3 | Morpurgo must have been wearing the same tie the day she came to Tyler 's Hard . |
| 4 | If food 's got anything to do with it then I must have been eating the wrong way for the last 40 years . |
| 5 | He must have been playing the beastly thing for years . |
| 6 | Neil Ruddock 's goal midway through the first half lit the fuse … and when Steve McManaman exploded a right footer just before half-time every Town fan must have been fearing the worst … |
| 7 | He appealed for information from anyone who had witnessed the incident , particularly people who might have been leaving the nearby Greenstead social club at about the same time . |
| 8 | The suggestion was that his subordinates might have been running the illegal operation . |
| 9 | Perhaps we could have been celebrating the first golden anniversary of the 1,000 Reich boasted about by Hitler . |
| 10 | She was very religious and may have been considering the best approaches to make . |
| 11 | At this stage you may also be in contact with the social services who may have been supporting the new client for some time . |
| 12 | But he may have been observing the traditional superstition that it is unlucky for the bridegroom to see the bride on the eve of her wedding . |