Example sentences of "[vb mod] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Could of been allergic to something was she ? |
| 32 | I do n't know though I mean he , he 's , he 's allowed that , he allowed that the fact that they could of been unarmed men and all that but he also condemned three of them on the evidence of this lead which he really should n't of done , he should of left an open verdict on those few cos lead could be transferred to . |
| 33 | Roche speaking at the launch of next year 's Leeds Classic , said : ‘ I did everything I could to be good again , but I had problems . |
| 34 | The Poor Law had been most effective in forcing all those who could to be self-helping . |
| 35 | They used to be brilliant . |
| 36 | Ho Choi 's use used to be brilliant ! |
| 37 | I mean , Angela , one of the twins , we used to be close . |
| 38 | I used to be close mates with The head chef of the goal-line restaurant . |
| 39 | If there is one unchallenged law of personal computing it is that , given half a chance , they will make something that used to be simple into a completely bewildering nightmare ! |
| 40 | Well what used to be simple and straightforward now leaves you with th wondering whether you got the right card in your pocket |
| 41 | They used to be sharp if you was n't careful . |
| 42 | ‘ Yes — I never used to be tidy , you know , but since the children grew up I 'm less able to tolerate mess — and Christmas is so messy ! ’ |
| 43 | Dave used to be the Chairman of the Young Conservatives at thirty two , er , he was also a local councillor in nineteen seventy-five to nineteen seventy-eight in his home town of , erm , and he used to be Rotarian , for two years , he goes to raise money for charities . |
| 44 | Instead of meandering up a path to the top , chatting amicably to a pal about how George Michael used to be good in Wham and passing round the butterscotch , they choose a cliff and try to reach the summit by slowly inching their way up vertical rock , pushing their fingers into tiny fissures and standing with one toe on a ledge the size of a pebble . |
| 45 | ‘ I used to be good at running , trained three times a week and I was always competing . |
| 46 | Erm , capital bonds , they used to be good rates , they , they 've deteriorated really , National Savings certificates well I 've covered index-linked , the only one I 'd really say er is n't super unless you 're a higher-rate taxpayer is the fortieth issue , which is paying under six percent , it 's not really worth picking up for five years . |
| 47 | ‘ Sally used to be good mates with Zaria , did n't she ? ’ |
| 48 | He gets all over the pitch , and I could see him fitting in in all kinds of areas , he used to be good for Spurs even when the defence came under pressure , and he 'd tackle back , becoming the ball winner . |
| 49 | We used to be good enemies , that great prince and I , but somehow the enmity 's grown cool of late . |
| 50 | I work in a newspaper that used to be male dominated and now I would say three quarters of the wo , three quarters of the people on the news desk are now women . |
| 51 | Their influence used to be great . |
| 52 | Used to be great . |
| 53 | And er oh it used to be great fun |
| 54 | The industry in this town used to be great but everything 's shutting . |
| 55 | Used to be great friends , before Charles walked out . |
| 56 | maybe a bit younger the fashion used to be winkle-picker shoes . |
| 57 | It used to be possible to complete three circuits of the Barkhor before being detained . |
| 58 | It used to be possible to skate over the frozen water from Ulvik right out to the Hardanger Fjord , but now the hydro-electric station discharges gallons of hot water into the fjord , and it no longer freezes in winter . |
| 59 | It used to be possible to obtain second-hand telescopes at low cost , but by now a really good , cheap second-hand telescope is about as common as a great auk . |
| 60 | All the parishes used to be different and it used to be possible at one time to know approximately where in Orkney somebody came from . |