Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | so we started to look for something and I wanted a bungalow , I did n't want to house again , just the two bedrooms I thought would be nice , so what we did we found this bu er this bungalow in er out of Crewe in Haslington and er we put up our house for sale , it cost seventeen thousand , five hundred and this bungalow we bought seventeen thousand , six hundred and fifty , so all I had to add was one hundred and sixty pounds , to sell the house , but the house needed change all the windows to put all the windows and the doors because they were all rotting in , you know , because the houses built er before the second world war and er what we did we put up the and in three months ' time , it in three months ' time my house went and we were moved , in September we started to sell , in January we 'd been living in the , in the new bungalow and then about three years later they built a row of bungalows on the other side where there should , should of been , they kept the land , it should of been shops , but then they changed their minds , they did , they did n't build the shops , but they built all these bungalows again on the other side , you 've been to my home , yeah , so the road that , over the road these bungalows were about three years later than ours and they were going down for thirty two thousand pound , and I bought mine for seventeen thousand seven sixty at six fifty , yeah |
| 2 | and the aargh , just squeezed in and this lad sort of shit himself completely and went zoom right up the road then , well I knew what was gon na happen so I dropped right back and er how he missed him I do n't know , it must of been inches or itches |
| 3 | Must of been loads and they 're opening , there 's a new new stadium |
| 4 | I always remember going to , somewhere with Ken this girl gave us a lump of cheese , it must of been Cheshire . |
| 5 | Did n't used to really , ooh it must of been murder for him when you think ! |
| 6 | This guy , his flares must of been sort of |
| 7 | Sandy must be having company , pulled the blind down I think that 's why they 've been good about the parking this week , cos I mean Irene 's pulled her car , we saw Irene pull her car in was you here when she I saw her get in it , it must of been teatime yesterday |
| 8 | Tuesday must of been Tuesday if it was the other day |
| 9 | Yes , I think it might of been Wednesday |
| 10 | no I just left it cos it might , I do n't know it might of been side B , I think it was , side B was |
| 11 | I thought it might of been Pat sort of at that time , but erm when I looked out I saw a man with a billboard thing |
| 12 | It could of been Sally 's friend . |
| 13 | Mark David well it could of been Mark Andrew and then it 'd been Mat at least your name , your initials do n't spell any thing rude |
| 14 | So I could of been days |
| 15 | I ca n't see that that could of been Friday 's episode that 's still effecting you today . |
| 16 | Well we never heard the name shop steward in those days I do n't think they went that far , there was somebody in charge sort of thing but erm they er got the na the name afterwards I think you know shop steward , but er and then they used to be Miss used to have the garden fetes the garden parties on her lawn , that was for the Liberal Party you see as soon Labour was mentioned there were only Tories and Liberals at that time and er we used to , when there was an election er we used to wait up for the results and then if the Liberals got in Squires ' big bell would be rung if it was twelve o'clock at night or one o'clock in the morning the Squires ' big bell would be rung you see , to say who 'd got in , if the Tories got in it was n't rung because it was a , Squires were Liberals , strong Liberals and er they used to attend the Liberal Club at Shortheath but erm there used to be some fun in those er what 's the name parade if the Liberals got in and dances you know to raise money for the various things , and the garden fetes used to be lovely but er on their lawn . |
| 17 | He used to be 100% sure of what was needed … but not only the defensive problems … things so obvious as using Deane and Whelan when he should be using Deane/Wallace . |
| 18 | And er and then there used to be some houses what er we did n't live in one of them but there used to be a lot of houses what used to be railings round , and there used to be steps and you 'd go down the steps , into the And they used to c they used to live downstairs and then well of course when you 're in the house in the side the room they used to have another flight of steps to come upstairs to a l a front room or a lounge or whatever you mind to call it . |
| 19 | I used to be Harry Maxim , then I was me and Jenny , and now I just do n't know and it 'll take more than lemon tea and a pink silk handkerchief in my sleeve and reading Goethe over breakfast to tell me . |
| 20 | Did n't you know he used to be feather weight champion of Scotland |
| 21 | Today I mean they , I mean when you take , years and years ago when there used to be man handling everything same as timber , I mean we had about three hundred dockers then . |
| 22 | The deal was won by TVMM against strong competition from Scottish Televison , which used to be part of the same organisation as Grampian . |
| 23 | The military regime in Iraq laid claim to Kuwait on the grounds that it used to be part of the Ottoman province of Basra . |
| 24 | Sweden used to be part of the ‘ snake ’ ( predecessor of the European exchange-rate mechanism ) , but quit in 1977 , so that it could keep control of its own economic policy . |
| 25 | Back in the good old days Turkey used to be part of what was know as ‘ Asia Minor ’ , or the ‘ Near East ’ , to distinguish its differences from Europe . |
| 26 | Mr Morraine told us it used to be part of the mainland . ’ |
| 27 | They used to be part and parcel of the water authorities and looked after the rivers when we were one big body , as a water authority . |
| 28 | Meco , which used to be part of the Dowty Group , makes mining equipment including pit props . |
| 29 | In that peat there used to be deer 's teeth , everything , parts of the jaw , horns , what we were dredging up , then we went further down to erm Downham Reach , that 's just before the Cattoes and we were dredging all green clay . |
| 30 | Nowadays I mean I know there never used to be apprenticeships for women but |