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

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1 The woman had not looked like a prostitute , besides which had that been the case Fedorov 's driver should have been taking a walk along the quay , or just sitting gazing tactfully ahead .
2 The other time I came near to being shot was in May , when nobody should have been firing a rifle .
3 At this time of the year , if Napoleon had not returned , Sharpe should have been thinning the apple crop , stripping away basketloads of young fruit to give the remaining crop a better chance of ripening in the autumn , but instead he was riding a dusty road in Belgium and searching for an enemy .
4 NETRHA officers felt vulnerable on the point that the priority groups should have been getting an increased share of the regional budget .
5 Musician to the end , he died through insisting on conducting a new revival of Castor et Pollux when he should have been nursing an illness .
6 Instead of worrying about how to make the RUC acceptable to the minority , O'Neill should have been using the legitimate power of the state to crush an illegal insurrection .
7 When we left the meeting , I should have been punching the air with joy .
8 1.9 In every case the onus lies on the defendant to prove that the plaintiff should have been wearing a seat belt and that his injuries would have been avoided or less severe if he had been .
9 the United fans enjoyed this game … they should have been celebrating a bigger win too …
10 ‘ All the more reason why he should have been having the full attention of you both , ’ Doctor Staples said sharply .
11 Thus , when in 1010 the English should have been engaging the enemy , ferde seo fyrde ham — the army went home .
12 ‘ I should have been marrying a prince . ’
13 The charge is that he allowed domestic inflation to get out of control and messed around with the exchange rate when he should have been applying the monetarist remedy .
14 ‘ And this is Ron , viola , but he really should have been playing the cornet , he spends more time on it . ’
15 ‘ Prince Charles should have been running an organic farm , with special interests in the arts .
16 It must have been chasing a squirrel or something and fell into the hollow and could not get out again . ’
17 But one of the offices in the area must have been undergoing a thorough make-over , because along with the garbage and a tangled mess of strip aluminium and ceiling tiles he found a number of office throwouts that included a desk lamp with about five yards of trailing flex .
18 Florian stopped his theatrically narrow-eyed scrutiny of Maria and grinned at Luke , who must have been telling the truth because he was all attention , no less than riveted .
19 Greek Intelligence must have been taking a more than passing interest in the activities of our friend Andropulos over a long period , years I would think .
20 ‘ Something is wrong , Fabia ? ’ he asked urgently , leaving his stance over by the French window where he must have been taking a look outside , to come over to her .
21 ‘ The Robemaker must have been taking the Trees for years . ’
22 At that moment , Willie Aitchison , Lee Trevino 's faithful caddie , must have been thinking the reverse .
23 He must have been staggering a bit out there by the pool .
24 At this time , the earl , must have been nearing the end of his distinguished career .
25 Morpurgo must have been wearing the same tie the day she came to Tyler 's Hard .
26 If food 's got anything to do with it then I must have been eating the wrong way for the last 40 years .
27 Her mother must have been watching the quayside from her terrace , Caroline realised with a jolt .
28 In the other the Lapith 's left hand must have been gripping the Centaur 's head ( lost ) while with his right he thrusts a weapon into the breast of the creature , who yet will not let go of his prize with either hand though with both hers she tugs at one .
29 Doubtless with his tongue in his cheek , Bedford replied : ‘ But Mr. Lampson , you must have been opening the book . ’
30 He must have been playing the beastly thing for years .
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