Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] have been [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heminge may merely have been indicating that The Winter 's Tale was unlikely to prove controversial to a censor in whatever version it was performed . |
| 2 | Not only is AT&T probably paying too much , it should not have been trying to buy the firm in the first place . |
| 3 | Killion should not have been flying ; he was supposed to be on reserve . |
| 4 | My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems . |
| 5 | My friend says I should not have been taking this drug during my pregnancy and that it is well known that it can cause these problems . |
| 6 | They certainly should not have been letting him curl up on the floor next to Badger . |
| 7 | As an adult she was able to see how wrong it was and she knew that they were indulging in something they should not have been doing — although in her childish innocence she had not been aware that it was anything more than an extension of the love and affection she felt for other members of her family . |
| 8 | Technically , Harvard dealers should not have been selling stock to clients who had not dealt three times with the company , unless they had sent out written information about the stock . |
| 9 | Sheriff Risk rejected suggestions that the Sikorsky should not have been landing on a restricted helideck . |
| 10 | Last year the taxman pocketed 550 million from people who should not have been paying tax — or who paid too much . |
| 11 | However , she must also have been thinking of Annabelle ( bride 's name ) when she added , ‘ She was of course only too good for him : but as nobody minds what is too good for them , he was very steadily earnest in pursuit of the blessing . ’ |
| 12 | The thought of risk and high danger was exciting but it must also have been distorting . |
| 13 | His increasing literary output must also have been making him and his views known to the public . |
| 14 | With a fit beginner and an obviously hard snow surface , an accomplished racer should sure have been teaching Annabel to use the ski edges throughout the turn . |
| 15 | perhaps the Company 's lack of comment on its own future , which must increasingly have been worrying them at the turn of the century . |
| 16 | I must n't have been concentrating . |
| 17 | He should n't have been thinking about things like that at his age ! ’ |
| 18 | For the last ten years you should n't have been taking it . |
| 19 | Because i in , in theory presumably they s they should n't have been abusing their position , they should n't be gaining more because the whole point was to do it for the masses particularly , I mean if you were a Party cadre erm you should n't be getting more out of it than anybody else . |
| 20 | But they thought that the boys should n't have been swimming there anyway . |
| 21 | And er , if we should n't have been using it , what 's the alternative ? |
| 22 | yeah but if she 'd of had the accident they could of said no , she 's got a C D ten on her driving licence , she should n't have been driving it ! |
| 23 | The school authorities were unsympathetic : the dinner ladies would only accept you into the school to see the nurse if you were on the point of death , + my teacher kindly informed me that I should n't have been running in the playground . |
| 24 | Its owner is upset by what 's happened , but feels Mark should n't have been playing with the dog in the first place . |
| 25 | And he should n't have been going in the woods , should he ? |
| 26 | Well he should n't have been having drinks . |
| 27 | Should n't have been doing that and should n't have been doing that . |
| 28 | Should n't have been doing that and should n't have been doing that . |
| 29 | I believed that I should again have been running the anchor leg , but our Director of Coaching decided otherwise . |
| 30 | He wrote a letter to his friend and former pupil Benedetto Castelli in which he discussed the Bible , especially the passage that stated that Joshua had commanded the Sun to stand still , a fact that would have proved that the Sun must previously have been moving , as Aristotle and Ptolemy had said . |