Example sentences of "have [been] [v-ing] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might have been using the whole of the attendance allowance erm to pay for carers , outside of the care that we provided , erm or a member of the family might have given up work to look after another member of the family . |
| 2 | For example , symptom diaries that have been completed in blocks of different coloured ink arouse a suspicion that the patient may have been completing the diary in blocks of days rather than daily . |
| 3 | They would have been chewing the carpet but for the fact that the floor was concrete . |
| 4 | In the meantime , they will have been spreading the word about the collection and ensuring their future health ’ . |
| 5 | Gustav need n't have been telling the truth about the Allies — though it sounds as if he might have been telling it about his wife . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | At that moment , Willie Aitchison , Lee Trevino 's faithful caddie , must have been thinking the reverse . |
| 8 | Speaking at the service in St Nicholas 's Church , Sunderland , Tyne and Wear , he said Sgt Forth , 34 , was killed on a night when he could have been enjoying the festivities at a friend 's wedding . |
| 9 | Some of his companions had reported smoke , but Dulé had thought little of it — Sycorax could have been stewing the indigo with special enthusiasm . |
| 10 | It was June ; it was Bexhill-on-Sea ; he may have been reading the county scores . |
| 11 | Lou Duva , co-trainer of Holyfield , might have been cranking the hype handle too far when he said that this evening 's fight might be a once in a lifetime affair . |
| 12 | When we left the meeting , I should have been punching the air with joy . |
| 13 | Even before that stage is reached , the Cabinet Office will have been monitoring the progress of the more significant proposals by departments in order to alert the Prime Minister or Lord President of the Council of any wider implications . |
| 14 | At this time , the earl , must have been nearing the end of his distinguished career . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He 'll have been gambling the money away and then stealing the food from her . ’ |
| 17 | We would n't have been passing the church except that we called in to collect Maggie Sullivan and it 's a shortcut from her place to the Feathers . ’ |
| 18 | All morning the world 's top cyclists will have been reconnoitring the course , selecting their gear ratios and the most suitable of their many bikes , looking at the route for the best way through corners , testing the strength and direction of the wind — looking for anything that will give them that little extra in this first trial of strength , which will be clocked in tenths and hundredths of a second . |
| 19 | Her mother must have been watching the quayside from her terrace , Caroline realised with a jolt . |
| 20 | It looked as though we might have been cooking the books . |
| 21 | It is most likely that it had to do with the extra fasts practised by the Pharisees and in this case the disciples of John the Baptist , who may have been mourning the death of their leader . |
| 22 | Two , he might have been reclaiming the flag for non-racists . |
| 23 | Three , he might have been taking the piss , provoking the crowd . |
| 24 | ‘ The Robemaker must have been taking the Trees for years . ’ |
| 25 | Members of the local Asian community ran onto the pitch to congratulate their South African hero , when they might have been supporting the Indians from the land of their ancestors . |
| 26 | The thief may simply have been stealing the books to sell . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ If we had been at home Rachel might have been spending the day with us instead . ’ |
| 29 | now if you 're a football fan you 'll have been crossing the days out on the calendar for a couple of months now … the supporters scarf will have been washed and ironed and sitting ready for weeks … and by my calculation you 've only got one hundred and sixteen hours left to the big kick off … so here 's a taster |
| 30 | The whole glass and she 'd have been climbing the walls — just how you like — ’ |