can
auxiliary verb
to be able to; have the ability, power, or skill to.
has been cunning
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present perfect progressiveof can (3rd person singular).present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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It is we ourselves here who speak well from house to house of him whose father or whose self has been cunning to get money.
From Bunyan Characters (2nd Series) by Alexander Whyte
Noble or not, she has been cunning enough to listen to our private conversation; has found out all our designs; has blabbed everything to this young fellow, and made him master of our lives.
From Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia by William Gilmore Simms
One of them may think that he has been cunning enough to escape observation in what he has done, but he is mistaken.
From Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection by John N. Reynolds
We find," continued Forgan, "that there has been cunning, systematic thievery; some one entirely familiar with the supply sheds and their system has removed a large amount of plunder, probably a little at a time.
From Ralph of the Roundhouse by Allen Chapman
Now it transpires that Ames has been cunning enough to permit Miss Wall to draw upon his bank almost without limit, he making up any deficit with his own personal notes.”
From Carmen Ariza by Charles Francis Stocking
