Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [noun] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perot was furious ; instead of chasing chimeras , his money could have been earning interest in the bank . |
| 2 | Thus he must have been singing falsetto in this role . |
| 3 | So they 'd have been picking people in their thirties then , now they 'd be in their sixties . |
| 4 | They had taken the very unusual step of advertising in the local newspaper for anyone to come forward who knew of any ritual practices that might have been taking place in South Ronaldsay . |
| 5 | The use of concomitant pyloroplasty ( no longer recommended ) and retention of a relatively small-bore sound in the oesophagus during fundoplication may have been contributing factors in some postoperative conditions such as dysphagia and gastritis , but should not have influenced the antireflux efficacy of fundoplication . |
| 6 | Ressentiment is a more precise word ; he may well have been blaming God in these developing years for the loss he felt — for the anguish it gave not only to himself but also that witnessed by him in his mother and sister . |
| 7 | Vaults with a ground-level diameter of 9 metres or so , such as the one at Platanos ( Figure 53C ) , were certainly technically feasible ; they must have been imposing structures in their original state . |
| 8 | THE French-owned unit-trust company Dumenil has suspended dealings in its funds , worth £33 million , after the disclosure that there may have been pricing errors in recent valuations . |