Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They should of been all out in teams . |
| 2 | Oh should of been more organized . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | but he must of been all worked up and since then I 've had a right struggle , most nights |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | So it must of been this afternoon when |
| 7 | That must of been some time ago |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | There must of been some particular reason why , why , why he mentioned that , which maybe might be difficult to try and realize |
| 10 | there must of been some relation problem with each other , the earlier erm thing |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | yeah , but she charges five pound cos there must of been some little bits over |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | Must of been another one . |
| 15 | But might of been might of been more because erm , tt she 's had a , a grant for so much |
| 16 | We should have left it there could of been more than this one . |
| 17 | The areas involved are small , but there used to be many unsightly corners in the mining villages near St Austell and , by making improvements here and there , English China Clays has done much to make life more pleasant for local residents . |
| 18 | Mr Woodward knew the area well and there were no railways here at all ; there used to be many years ago and there are still signs of the old trackbed to be seen . |
| 19 | The assumption of this explanation is , of course , that there used to be many couples who wanted a divorce but could not have one because their case was not covered by any legislation . |
| 20 | But there are other situations ( and there used to be many more ) in which the social status of the household is measured by the give/take transactions of the wife rather than of the husband . |
| 21 | Well there used to be that 's right , with you John , talking about college group just about that time . |
| 22 | Cos I know the principle used to be that is er , it was in the first aid room cos that 's where all the first aid treatments |
| 23 | That was hot , yes and th in between there used to be that 's where your furnace used to go in and come back and up out the chimney and that they put them the in there to heat the water quick you see and yet they ought to be , they had to be sliced out with a what they call a slice , cos they used to get furred up and we used to give them nineteen and sixpence for that to fill the boiler up again , we had t used to have take Pinmill and they used to have to come up to get fresh water into the anchor boat and we used to pump it up by hand , into the boiler . |
| 24 | It used to be that Opposition spokesmen quoted figures that were four years out of date , but the hon. Gentleman depends on statistics that go back 10 years . |
| 25 | I fret often for the days when I lived and worked in the countryside , but one sad sight used to be that of herds of demented idiots vandalising the scenery and terrorising nature in their delirious lust for an innocent animal 's life . |
| 26 | If the manner of victory was nothing new , ushered by irresistible fast bowling from Curtly Ambrose and Courtney Walsh on a degenerating strip , much of the preamble was a welcome refresher course in what cricket , and its intrinsic art , used to be all about in these parts . |
| 27 | And er when I did go to school , er all the bottom of er Mill there used to be all sand banks , and me and the other girl , we we came from this school , to look at this here man with a bear , a big bear . |
| 28 | With a horse , I had a horse then , and er there u there used to be er there used to be three or four of us there with horses and we we used to The the the From the coal face there used to be all individual horses bringing odd tubs into a turnout What we called a turner which was a collection of different tubs you see ? |
| 29 | And there used to be all them sort of things . |
| 30 | Well when they 've got this here lace , there used to be all pins at the side of this er of these er frames . |