Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [vb mod] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Well this is this is what I was trying to work out looking at the banking erm module that Sia , Sandra 's just given me could for the nine weeks right ?
2 going slow , so I do n't think I ought to of done .
3 Well I do n't think I would of been very pleased if you 'd put a go in the room for an hour !
4 Right , I do n't , I mu , I must say I do n't think I would of won without Karen , she got most of them , I was writing them down most of the time .
5 I mean I do n't think I would of
6 Yet I do n't think I used to be very naughty .
7 I do n't think I can on Sunday .
8 You do n't want I used to be like that
9 When Stephanie 's mother died we found in the bungalow a watch , it must of been given I would of thought to her father probably for his twenty first and I took it to a jewellers in Elton , well that 's all he does is watches actually apart from jewellery .
10 I thought , I I well , I do n't envisage anything but I mean I would of thought that kids could fill it in in pencil and then we do the same as we did before a and and that the staff in some way put in their own .
11 I did n't know , I mean I would of said say something when you were chatting to him .
12 no , they have got , I mean I would of finished it if I did n't have to mess around with that car
13 ‘ I mean I used to .
14 No , it 's it 's erm it 's somebody who , all they do is write your answers for you but dictated I m if you 've ever been an em especially I mean I used to be I usually end up doing the amanuensing for courses that I 've taught on students on my paper .
15 I mean I used to , I can chart the American way you see cos but the American way is different to the British way cos we just count number one to eight but with an American they go one one , one two , one three , one four , one five , one six and then they come this way .
16 I did n't know , I mean I could of spoken to .
17 I mean I could of gone out
18 Yeah well Lucy thinks I ought to be horrible to them but well
19 Oh I do n't know I used to boyfriend .
20 Yeah If you could hear what she say it 'd make a difference I expect I 'd of gone for another vowel there , it you 'd gone for E it of been
21 Late night I was in bed by twenty past ten , I was in bed and I say I must of been asleep by half past ,
22 I expect somebody might of given him a lift up , I do n't know .
23 In this war of nerves , it was infinitely reassuring to know she could at least get the occasional barb past that glacial exterior .
24 One month 's notice is required for any withdrawals , but should you need your money in a hurry you can of course , withdraw it at any time .
25 Right , so you could of written , when you say you could of written better , what do you mean ?
26 Even if you are mouse phobe you should at least give it a try because you might be surprised at how easy it makes common operations .
27 I will certainly ask the leave of the House to withdraw this amendment , but as I 'm sure the Noble Earl will recognise we will in fact be coming back to this matter on repor o on on report .
28 Well , if you 'd only let us know we 'd of
29 Well the standpipe used to freeze up and er when that occurred the grown men in the house used to light a fire round the standpipes , of course it was cast iron it was n't copper or anything like that , and light a fire to thaw it out , I do n't remember ever being without water but we used , it was a bit primitive but burn newspaper and stuff round the standpipe and er the old as I say we used to , the water for the washing we used to pump into the sink and er fill the old dolly tub with water for the washing and use the rainwater for washing .
30 Suppose one went to Boston and found one ought to be in Chicago ?
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