Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [modal v] of [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | you know like it 's reversed they thought they , they , the words , so they must of been if that 's how it is |
| 2 | You know , so they must of been talking about it |
| 3 | Oh he came from an old , I think he came from a very old er , there was , there was a General , first world war , erm , well the last time I heard anything about Cake , well , he was , he 'd , he 'd left the Signals section , he was the when I left India , and the last time I heard anything about him , I read it in , in a paper in erm , when the troubles were on and he was brig brigadier in charge of an infantry brigade , about my age , well , a , probably a year or two older than me , cos he was a , yeah he was a lieutenant when I got out there a full lieutenant , so he must of been a captain . |
| 4 | I do n't know , he ju , I do n't know whether he said he was going Monday or Tuesday , so he should of been . |
| 5 | 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 ! |
| 6 | If I 'd of been there I 'd of flogged that a long while ago and got rid of it |
| 7 | 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 |
| 8 | yeah , when I was baptized , she probably stayed there till I was baptized , cos she would of been Yorkie |
| 9 | She did , if she 'd of been married I think , she was , she was n't |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | You would of got two cos you would of been a big one wo n't you ? |
| 12 | yeah , but she charges five pound cos there must of been some little bits over |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | that , because it would of been a lot of effort on part |
| 15 | Yeah , because it should of been fifteen pounds a night and we got it for ten |
| 16 | And I said renting it , because it must of been occupied by animals ! |
| 17 | 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 |
| 18 | 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 ? |