Example sentences of "she [vb mod] have been [v-ing] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The key which she must have been holding had fallen beside her .
2 She might have been trying to reach our Post for help , but she had crawled under the last parapet , and could go no farther .
3 However , he also thought she might have been trying to demonstrate the extent of her distress to her family and possibly to her husband .
4 She could have been trying to picture the place where Zeno and she might meet ; some barren scrap of land inside her head .
5 On the other hand , she could have been going to see Sophia .
6 who was sitting in the audience who is a nurse and er would 've known and she would 've been trying to get in and say this is not true .
7 At home she would have been having buttered toast and strawberry jam and probably a piece of sponge-cake to round it off .
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