Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [modal v] [prep] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 , |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | 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 ! |
| 4 | Yeah I suppose it would of been alright like , but I do n't like keeping them |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | I mean it could of been a lot been worse than this ! |
| 9 | Yeah , yeah , that 's what I mean , I mean he could of been fucking I R A |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | Cor I should n't of been there I think I should of been the next one along |
| 12 | I think she would of been better as a teacher , because as Joan says she is er very taken up with looking after children |
| 13 | Yes , I think it might of been Wednesday |
| 14 | Well she we to start with she went I think it might of been that cos we put Guy in it I think , that might have upset her . |
| 15 | I think it must of been , it had to be on a Saturday I believe |