Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [vb mod] of [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well I do n't think I would of been very pleased if you 'd put a go in the room for an hour ! |
| 2 | 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 , |
| 3 | no I just left it cos it might , I do n't know it might of been side B , I think it was , side B was |
| 4 | But had he not of abdicated he would of been the Que , King . |
| 5 | well we must wait on a bit , we 'll have to now , if she had n't phoned it would of been , you know something nice to think about wo n't it ? |
| 6 | Yeah , yeah , but every case is different , you do n't , I mean she might of been in some car accident or something like that you see , might n't she ? |
| 7 | I would of thought you 'd of been better if you just well just sit down then love . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | Because I recko , I reckon they must of been paid for that because Maury has n't been phoning up and saying oh you have n't paid it ! |
| 10 | Yeah I suppose it would of been alright like , but I do n't like keeping them |
| 11 | Well I suppose it must of been me but I have no idea when or why or where because I generally cut the erm side bits off . |
| 12 | I 'm sure there are people who do n't sort of bother with them at all , you know just saw er a man he dropped he 's erm , he dropped his till receipt and he looked as if he had a tremendous amount you know in his basket so I reckon it would of been over , but there was no erm cos you get it stamped yes so we have er , yes I 'd forgotten about those little erm chickens of course , so we can have that roast |
| 13 | I was actually flashed at er in the library and what I thought of I would of done was completely different to what I actually did , erm , I thought I would of been quite calm about it , but in fact I ran out the library and I ran straight back to my flat erm , I was at that point I think about twenty one |
| 14 | That 's right , made a cup of coffee and that and then , he was , just came back and she said you have n't finished , he said yes , she said I did n't hear you knocking , oh no he said , well I built it all , you know , it 's all ready made and I built it ready for the bolts and , oh I thought you would of been knocking , I 've got some knocking here you know |
| 15 | It was I thought you 'd of been in town all morning , no . |
| 16 | Telling you , I thought we 'd of been clomping around on the bare floor-boards and sitting on orange-boxes watching a wee black-and-white portable for ever . |
| 17 | I thought it would of been C cos they 're yellow over there i n't they ? |
| 18 | Oh , cheap , oh I thought it would of been about fifty pounds |
| 19 | I thought it might of been a women that was . |
| 20 | nothing went round and unplugged every phone out , wedged every one out cos we thought it might of been a station that 's going down , cos er I 'm saying about the mark one , the old |
| 21 | I thought it might of been Pat sort of at that time , but erm when I looked out I saw a man with a billboard thing |
| 22 | of course it was n't a very nice day I grant the , but erm , I thought he 'd of been here |
| 23 | Do n't you think it would of been absolutely Super to have been Immortalised by Robert Burns ? |
| 24 | I suppose I can understand it now , I mean it must of been a lovely place , and then to have all these new houses going up you know , but erm , I mean there was some lovely , lovely lanes |
| 25 | I mean it could of been a lot been worse than this ! |
| 26 | Yeah , yeah , that 's what I mean , I mean he could of been fucking I R A |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | Cor I should n't of been there I think I should of been the next one along |
| 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 | Yes , I think it might of been Wednesday |