can
auxiliary verb
to be able to; have the ability, power, or skill to.
have been cunning
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present perfect progressiveof can.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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I have been cunning, cruel,—what you will: And yet the days of late have seemed too long Even for summer!
From One-Act Plays By Modern Authors by Various
It must have been so sad to die and leave such a delightful husband and the twins, who were such charming girls that they must have been cunning little babies.
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
His wife could hardly have been cunning enough to persuade the farmer to go to Framley, conscious that the trap would have been suspected had the bait been made more full.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony Trollope
He appears to have been cunning and crafty, and not above changing his political views when occasion demanded.
From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Norwich A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Episcopal See by C. H. B. (Charles Henry Bourne) Quennell
You may have been cunning, but you have given yourself away.
From Love and Mr. Lewisham by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
