Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It looked as though we might have been cooking the books . |
| 3 | ‘ The Robemaker must have been taking the Trees for years . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | The thief may simply have been stealing the books to sell . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | The whole glass and she 'd have been climbing the walls — just how you like — ’ |
| 8 | Back at F.B.I.H.Q. , where the book ran the show , they would have been climbing the walls in the Office of Liaison and International Affairs if they had known that he was out on his own . |
| 9 | He might have been planning a Cooks ' Tour . |