Example sentences of "i [vb mod] [prep] [been] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Late night I was in bed by twenty past ten , I was in bed and I say I must of been asleep by half past , |
| 2 | that 's it , I was , I was , I must of been addictive to the Coke |
| 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 | No I , I must of been how long 's he been married ? |
| 5 | Oh I must of been on holiday dad , with the girls or something . |
| 6 | Yes , it 's , I could of brought people through , I should of been able |
| 7 | Cor I should n't of been there I think I should of been the next one along |
| 8 | I could of been a laundress , |
| 9 | I could of been a waitress — |
| 10 | I could of been a housemaid |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | So I could of been days |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | If I 'd of been there I 'd of flogged that a long while ago and got rid of it |
| 16 | I 'd of been jumping up and down by the time I got to the |
| 17 | I was actually flashed at er in the library and what I thought of I would of done was completely different to what I actually did , erm , I thought I would of been quite calm about it , but in fact I ran out the library and I ran straight back to my flat erm , I was at that point I think about twenty one |
| 18 | my Lord , this is a problem which erm your Lordship 's had submissions from both parties and of course it goes to specialist separates , first of all one identifies , one takes one and strikes out the defending clauses within the agreements that infringe article eighty five on then applies the , the test of severance to see whether the residual agreements remain or stand , but we certainly have not depleted that the entire arrangement avoid but we pleaded the restrictions are avoid , my Lord er and that 's important because it could lead to consequence and we 're pleading it that and if for example er power in the erm standard form agency agreement was rendered void because it was an unlawful restriction , it does n't mean to say that erm an agent er a name might not of instructed an agent to write business , what we 're saying is they may not have instructed him to write all of the business that he did in fact did er write for example L M X spiral and , now if , if a particular defendant can say well have I been well you know proper position that I would of been and the restrictions not been in place I would of instructed the agent to do precisely what he did , then of course he has no defence , that 's a que that 's a point , if he says well erm I , the facts suggest and established that I would never , ever have allowed the agents to underwr to write L M X spiral business and , and the only reason he was able to do that was because of the restrictions then he can escape liability for that part of the business underwritten |
| 19 | I , you know , I just I would of been alright if it was a bit more organised I do n't |
| 20 | er , you know proper algebra and all that kind of stuff and it , and it was , I think I would of been better if I had of gone to Our Ladies cos I do n't |
| 21 | cos er I mean , I mean , I says I did n't want but I , I would n't of been back but I would of been getting off that bus now |
| 22 | And when he got there the bloke said oh just pull up and go and get it done now , I said now any other man would of gone in the cafe and thought right , I would of been drop now till twelve |
| 23 | Well I do n't think I would of been very pleased if you 'd put a go in the room for an hour ! |
| 24 | I would of been put right off it straight away in my life |
| 25 | But I would of been a model . |
| 26 | Yeah well normally I would of been finished would n't I ? |