Example sentences of "[prep] be [det] " in BNC.

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1 So the ones we are looking for are all in deep water .
2 The things they are being tested for are all those we 've been training for up until this time .
3 These kindly present-buying people will be set upon immediately by the old cake-shop lady , who will convince them that what all ‘ the young people ’ are going for are these lovely olive green PVC capes that fit nicely over a rucksack .
4 The men they 're looking for are those with skills saleable on the black economy — plumbers , mechanics , electricians , etc .
5 The combinations in between are those cases where neither sex has clearly won , but neither do that badly .
6 The most sought after are those containing glass animals , such as a curled snake or salamander .
7 Last season , United lost the title after being such odds-on favourites in March that bookmakers refused to take any more bets .
8 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
9 but he must of been all worked up and since then I 've had a right struggle , most nights
10 They should of been all out in teams .
11 Basically , like but she was must of been such and such champion , I mean I did n't appreciate probably how good she was , sort of thing because I 'm not in their show circuit but probably she was the you know , one of the top
12 So it must of been this afternoon when
13 would there of been any problem at all in your providing it ?
14 But I mean there was er , they were so kind to them in the hospital if there would of been any sign of distress they would of , you know , usually anyway you do n't usually have distress at the end you 're usually at peace are n't you ?
15 That must of been some time ago
16 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
17 There must of been some particular reason why , why , why he mentioned that , which maybe might be difficult to try and realize
18 there must of been some relation problem with each other , the earlier erm thing
19 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
20 yeah , but she charges five pound cos there must of been some little bits over
21 Well er , she said they had this This is Your Life on and Neil was in the room in the lounge like and he 'd sort of been half watching it and then he said urgh mum !
22 Well , they moved off and then just getting back to sleep must of been half an hour after we 'd and heard this voice shout what you doing ?
23 But might of been might of been more because erm , tt she 's had a , a grant for so much
24 We should have left it there could of been more than this one .
25 Oh should of been more organized .
26 He probably would of liked a boy , it would of mean quite nice to have a boy and a girl , girl or a boy , one of each it would of been more expensive , could n't pass the clothes down .
27 Well there 'd ought to of been more control but apparently now , you know how the Indians come over here , all the time do n't they ?
28 Must of been another one .
29 ‘ The others we thought of are all the sons of influential men , ’ she said .
30 And the fact that your wife is erm there was something that could 've possibly been done for your wife and that is something that maybe I would 've mentioned at the end , do you think this would of be any benefit to the wife only as maybe an ending statement or something
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