Example sentences of "[modal v] have been [v-ing] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Dagenham must have been speaking out of turn at that time ; he has certainly been nobbled since . |
| 2 | Only that she must have been holding out on him all these years , that she did have memories which she had covered up or , to give her the benefit of the doubt , conveniently forgotten about . |
| 3 | He must have been hiding out with Tanner , or gone round to scrounge a meal . ’ |
| 4 | As I followed her up the pathway , every inch of her breathed that she was being a good girl , and as the driver settled her in the front seat beside him she gave him a happy smile ; almost , one felt — seeing the hat-boxes and cases piled up behind them — they might have been starting out on their honeymoon . |
| 5 | If it had been someone else 's funeral George would have been looking out for the nearest pub . |
| 6 | He would have been acting out of character and trying on something his party had wearied of . |
| 7 | He would have been fighting out of his class . |