Modal Perfect Continuous: Should Have Been Doing (Regret) (C2)

I have no idea what's actually expected of me on this account — I properly during the briefing instead of doodling. (listen)

He nodded off at the wheel on the dual carriageway — he at all after a fourteen-hour shift on the rigs. (drive)

These grades say it all — I in those last two weeks instead of binge-watching a whole twelve-episode series. (revise)

The expenses audit makes it perfectly clear — she the company card for her personal Uber rides for months on end. (use)

That's my third red light this morning alone — I really more attention to the road and less to the radio. (pay)

According to the phone's own activity log, the driver of the lorry his girlfriend at the precise moment of impact. (text)

Looking back, I want to kick myself — I steadily in low-cost index funds throughout my twenties, not buying lottery tickets every Friday. (invest)

With his blood pressure already in the danger zone last winter, he sixty-hour weeks all the way through to the new year. (work)

Every one of those calls is now disputed in court — somebody on the leadership team each decision in the minutes as it was made. (document)

With no signed budget and no fixed team in place, the account managers delivery dates to enterprise clients all through last quarter. (promise)

The two interns repeated exactly the same costly mistake six times in two weeks — the team lead them far more closely than she actually did. (supervise)

On her honeymoon of all weeks, the CEO to emails from junior staff at two o'clock in the morning. (reply)

I lost the best part of two weeks' research overnight when the disk died — I everything to the cloud the whole time. (back up)

Three hours and two pints after the wedding speeches, he home through quiet residential streets where children play. (drive)

It's my turn to present in twenty minutes and my deck is still blank — I for this all weekend, not catching up on a Netflix series. (prepare)