Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 61 | it must of been a long |
| 62 | they have n't been for a long time them two so they 're cast off , well they must of been they 've had to join |
| 63 | So he put it in shed , left it in shed for a while and then it were not last year the year before , he took it down , I 'm putting this in dustbin duck he says it 's no damn good , we went on holiday and me daughter 's boyfriend came down while we were away and er , he must of been looking in dustbin he says what 's this telly doing , our Mandy said it 's no good , me dad 's slinging it out , so he took it home and fixed it , it 's been going ever since |
| 64 | Must of been |
| 65 | He must of been an admiral of title somewhere else , ha ha . |
| 66 | if , if , if it was three quarters water er human 's must of been in the water to start with |
| 67 | it 's not sticky and if you get it all over you shows how cold it must of been in the night , the butter wo n't spread |
| 68 | That cooker hood was filthy , must of been all the Christmas shopping cooking I mean I think I 'll put the new filter on , I 'll have a go any way |
| 69 | you must of been dead to the world , what with working |
| 70 | that 's alright now , it 's not er , it must of been er congealed in the night in the chest . |
| 71 | come down with the stairs to chap , young chap , I told you he 's knocking on the door , it must of been then . |
| 72 | That must of been where , that must be where we got . |
| 73 | 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 . |
| 74 | It must of been five |
| 75 | It must of been five |
| 76 | Must of been desperate ! |
| 77 | they must of been in the middle of it . |
| 78 | I tell you something I was amazed at erm the reading book he appeared with , Fluff and Nip and goodness knows what that went out with the ark when I came out of college , I do n't know whether they 're all reading that or whether it 's just sort of found them and must of been just perhaps a one off or something , but , I was amazed |
| 79 | So it must of been this afternoon when |
| 80 | it 's sort of in relation to it , there must of been some reason why he said that to take them to , hear more to other people |
| 81 | There must of been some particular reason why , why , why he mentioned that , which maybe might be difficult to try and realize |
| 82 | there must of been some relation problem with each other , the earlier erm thing |
| 83 | you know like it 's reversed they thought they , they , the words , so they must of been if that 's how it is |
| 84 | It must of enlightened them on what the scriptures meant , by the sacred secret , cos before it must of been some kind of weird mystery to them |
| 85 | Must of been a butcher or a baker . |
| 86 | she just been over some house in Trafford Road and er , I think she left some , some by there by what she said or to who , who it were , but it must of been them who put them onto us , because she come in |
| 87 | Oh he came from an old , I think he came from a very old er , there was , there was a General , first world war , erm , well the last time I heard anything about Cake , well , he was , he 'd , he 'd left the Signals section , he was the when I left India , and the last time I heard anything about him , I read it in , in a paper in erm , when the troubles were on and he was brig brigadier in charge of an infantry brigade , about my age , well , a , probably a year or two older than me , cos he was a , yeah he was a lieutenant when I got out there a full lieutenant , so he must of been a captain . |
| 88 | Neither of them do write , oh here he goes , he must of been a bit cold . |
| 89 | So it was n't the bicycle people that , that the two , that they were laying in ambush for , must of been the car thieves they were laying in ambush for . |
| 90 | 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 , |