Example sentences of "could have been [v-ing] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You see , it hurt me to think that you hated me , that you could have been conspiring behind my back with a man like William , but then I began to think a little straighter . |
| 2 | Barbara Coleman had said Maurin was responsible for keeping her hidden , and therefore the men who attacked Edouard could have been acting for him . |
| 3 | He could have been smiling at anyone . |
| 4 | It was completely anarchic , they could have been fighting for anything , cheaper teabags for all they cared , half of them . |
| 5 | He could have been crying for his mummy . |