Example sentences of "it [modal v] have been [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Police think whoever did it may have been searching for a non existant stache of money . |
| 2 | If it was n't exactly political pessimism of the order of ‘ mourir pour Danzig ’ it must have been alarming for Americans to hear from High Commissioner Pignon 's diplomatic adviser of the feeling that French interests were not important enough to die for because the country was being given over to the Vietnamese and when the war was over French influence would have disappeared . |
| 3 | It must have been irritating for you . " |
| 4 | It could have been leaking for months . |
| 5 | Apart from the health risk , it would have been disturbing for them to see the damage . |
| 6 | Apart from the health risk , it would have been disturbing for them to see the damage . |