Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] be [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , they 've had , they 've only had you must of been better or Miss Johnson would of said you could n't go to the public |
| 2 | it 's difficult , cos yeah , the Thursday night was a bad night , any other night might of been better |
| 3 | I would of thought you 'd of been better if you just well just sit down then love . |
| 4 | Oh , oh well it could of been worse I suppose , it 's Saturday again look oh my hands are cold mm |
| 5 | So you could , the handwriting could of been neater , fine and then you want to pay some attention to your illustrations in the future , that 's good , come on then shout at me , it 's the only time you 're allowed . |
| 6 | Turkey used to be higher , but Britain has now beaten it . |
| 7 | There used to be worse enemies : moss , for instance , and the emerald hell of clover . |
| 8 | ‘ I mean they used to be taller . |
| 9 | It used to be darker than bloody . |
| 10 | There is a primitive look to them : they are small ( perhaps 100cm at the withers , and weighing 280–300kg , though they probably used to be larger ) and very narrow in the hindquarters . |
| 11 | Animals on farms , in laboratories , in zoos , those kept as pets ; there ought to be tighter laws saying what conditions are acceptable . |
| 12 | There is a dual benefit to the consumer : because there is less wastage , the genetically engineered tomatoes ought to be cheaper ; and they ought to taste better too . |
| 13 | We are only two of us now and we ought to be closer . |
| 14 | Magnetic materials made up of nanocrystals ought to be better because their magnetism can be switched on and off more swiftly . |
| 15 | They were the North Riding Authority , er the East Riding Authority , the West Riding Authority , all of which converged on the on the city of York , and as you read through the files , er you will see that even then the D O E were trying to get erm those er those predecessor authorities in the late fifties , early sixties er to come to some view about what ought to be better for Greater York , so for many years the idea of Greater York ha has been current er in one guise or another . |
| 16 | If General Motors has a worse credit rating than Toyota , its borrowing costs ought to be higher . |
| 17 | The strength of the junction formed will depend on t which should be smaller than the reptation time τ , i.e. the mixed layer ought to be smaller than the size of the coil if an interfacial link is to be formed . |
| 18 | What we were trying to say is there is actually a place and my Right Honourable Friend thinks that there is and indeed so do I , for people to contribute to the problem of policing in their locality who have n't necessarily for one reason or another and my Noble Friend Lord Whitelaw said , decided not to erm be on the police authority , maybe they have n't had time , maybe there has n't been their , their particular but nevertheless they do know and they do care about their locality and they have got a er er a contribution to make and we think that that would actually improve the local the police authorities , provided that they are not in an overwhelming position and that is the reason why we 've suggested that eight erm t er , er , er o of a police authority of sixteen , eight should be councillors in the majority , five should be independents and three should be er er er magistrates and My Lords and then of course the complaint was ah , but then some people may not be properly represented and the number ought to be larger . |
| 19 | My Right Honourable Friend has taken that point and said yes , he agrees , that there will be circumstances when the police authority ought to be larger erm er and er that he would agree to that . |
| 20 | Manchester MP Tom Pendry says the selection process ought to be tougher next time and based on merit not money . |
| 21 | ‘ Then the workers ought to be stronger . ’ |
| 22 | Of course this figure tells one nothing at all about why the material has the strength which it has and whether it ought to be stronger . |
| 23 | I happened to believe that it was important that they protected this week in the international calendar for Britain , especially as in two or three years time , there is the possibility of it being moved to a time when , in theory at least , it ought to be easier to attract top players . |
| 24 | But it ought to be easier . |
| 25 | I told him he should be able to see the good in people as well as the evil , so he ought to be happier . |
| 26 | It would of been better |
| 27 | Mm , it would of been better really , but never mind |
| 28 | er , you know proper algebra and all that kind of stuff and it , and it was , I think I would of been better if I had of gone to Our Ladies cos I do n't |
| 29 | I think she would of been better as a teacher , because as Joan says she is er very taken up with looking after children |
| 30 | Probably the tea would of been better for us . |