Example sentences of "[modal v] [prep] [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This , this foal should of been worth , it were due to be worth two hundred and fifty thousand that 's what she said |
| 2 | Should of been by now . |
| 3 | I must of been on holiday or something , cos tha , that 's the only reason I would n't of gone , if I , if I was n't in the country . |
| 4 | Oh I must of been on holiday dad , with the girls or something . |
| 5 | Must of been on one of the other computers and er it went on for ages and it was you know it 's was irritating more than anything ! |
| 6 | now that tape that 's in now , tt , there 's a little bit at the front of that and it 's been on , oh it must of been on a fortnight and it does n't matter what you record |
| 7 | it must of been at the end in the autumn at , at least of fifty one |
| 8 | bloody hell , that must of been hard work that , they must of been at it all day |
| 9 | pathetic , it 's gon na freeze up again this afternoon down at Bournemouth , gon na have fish off the pier , go for some bees , but I could n't be bothered but there was nothing , it was too damn cold , it must of been minus five with the wind chill factor |
| 10 | It must of been about what ? |
| 11 | Oh a couple of there 's youngsters , there what , those two boys that talk to us they must of been about , at the most eighteen I think , messing about getting chips and fish and burgers and stuff , rubbish . |
| 12 | Oh a couple of there 's youngsters , there what , those two boys that talk to us they must of been about , at the most eighteen I think , messing about getting chips and fish and burgers and stuff , rubbish . |
| 13 | it must of been about Tuesday , it must of been first day |
| 14 | if , if , if it was three quarters water er human 's must of been in the water to start with |
| 15 | 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 |
| 16 | they must of been in the middle of it . |
| 17 | , I mean a woman that frightened we all be seething inside and of course seeing him asleep in a drunken stupor to think now 's my chance , she must of been in a terrible state emotionally |
| 18 | Yes , we had the Labour candidate knocking on our door yesterday and I think John must of been in a right foul mood , cos he he says come in and talk to me |
| 19 | Must of been in the side pocket . |
| 20 | well it might of been on Radio Times , but |
| 21 | Just er it might of been of course I had plants through there it might have been |
| 22 | Yeah , yeah , but every case is different , you do n't , I mean she might of been in some car accident or something like that you see , might n't she ? |
| 23 | Try as I might to be in the present , to subsume myself to history , to see myself as just another corpuscle coursing along the urban arteries , I could n't . |
| 24 | No she 'd of been to Salvation Army |
| 25 | It was I thought you 'd of been in town all morning , no . |
| 26 | And like , Scott told me and thinking about it if I 'd of been in in the frame , frame of mind that I 'm in know for example , I would of sort of pah ! |
| 27 | because this is , I mean I did n't hear the dogs last night , only the kid , but I mean nevertheless the day before if you 'd of been in there , so but , but the kitchen can be done , toilet can be done |
| 28 | That could of been 'bout us — |
| 29 | We could of been in that could , we could of been in er Emmerdale Farm |
| 30 | We could of been in that could , we could of been in er Emmerdale Farm |