Example sentences of "[pers pn] could [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I could with is a holiday from this perpetual holiday of a life . |
| 2 | I could of been a laundress , |
| 3 | I could of been a waitress — |
| 4 | I could of been a housemaid |
| 5 | you know , thinking they will , oh christ you know what am I sitting down here for doing that anyhow , I could of been done that at home before I did n't have |
| 6 | if I had n't been stuck in the office all day , if I could of been out and about somewhere it would of been even nicer |
| 7 | So I could of been days |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | if I 'd got here a minute quicker I 'd got you some chocolate biscuits you could of been having with that cup of tea |
| 10 | Well I told her that I get , I said to her look Margaret you could of been , you could of closed your eyes and he could of happened |
| 11 | We could of been in that could , we could of been in er Emmerdale Farm |
| 12 | We could of been in that could , we could of been in er Emmerdale Farm |
| 13 | The incidence is one in ten thousand so it 's pretty rare but untreated these children will grow up very seriously , mentally retarded , very , very poor quality of life and enormous stress on their families , when they could of been nearly normal , right so the cause is one of these essential amino acids which is powdered protein , so what 's the treatment ? |
| 14 | they 'd be all sorts of ways in which they could of kept the agented funds , erm they could of been , but it 's hard to imagine that , that |
| 15 | then you 've got your two prominent teeth , they could of been the tiger 's two teeth |
| 16 | that ducks do have eggs it 's possible they could of been there but they were n't . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | they could of been |
| 19 | Erm , dum , dum , the market stall as you know , we did n't have it in the market , we had it on the thank goodness because we parked it in the shade , erm during that period we got five hundred and thirty two signatures , with three or four more of you it could of been a thousand , erm we also got fourteen pounds , seventeen in donations , all completely unasked for cos as you know , we do n't take money . |
| 20 | Yeah , you 're longest chain is a six so it could of been clearly based on hexane . |
| 21 | so yes it could of been , yes , a long time actually . |
| 22 | It could of been Sally 's friend . |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | I mean it could of been a lot been worse than this ! |
| 25 | Yeah , it might be , yeah , it could of been a bit overpowering I think . |
| 26 | Oh , oh well it could of been worse I suppose , it 's Saturday again look oh my hands are cold mm |
| 27 | I do n't know but he could of been ill , he could , it could of been that he could n't take any more you know that but Margaret was terri terribly bitter about him Margaret not coming , but he could , he could n't stand it |
| 28 | and she said it could of been |
| 29 | through drink he could of been a really brilliant football player he could of made a lot of money and |
| 30 | Yeah , yeah , that 's what I mean , I mean he could of been fucking I R A |