Example sentences of "she [vb mod] have been [v-ing] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | she must 've been holding it in because she did n't wan na wipe her bum with her hand and then you know it just burst out before she could get to the toilet . |
| 2 | She could n't have been asleep when I lifted the ledger from her lap and scanned its pages : she must have been watching me all the time . |
| 3 | I sa I said about half past three , that she must have been enjoying it because she never once came to me |
| 4 | ‘ She must have been hoping they 'd ask for something she could give . |
| 5 | She must have been giving him instructions to find out where I was last night . |
| 6 | He did not answer and she said , ‘ David ? ’ so softly she might have been waking him . |
| 7 | She might have been having it off with Parkin . |
| 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 | ‘ She could have been putting it on . ’ |
| 10 | She 'd have been wearing it on a day like this . ’ |