Example sentences of "[verb] it must [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Honestly , Mil , ’ said Enid gently , ‘ I know it must have been awful when you were turned into a frog , what with the narrow squeak in the potion lab and everything , but do n't you think perhaps you 're getting a little obsessed with frogs and ponds ? |
| 2 | ‘ I guess it must have been difficult for — for Suzanna to understand . |
| 3 | I was surprised to see that the recording venue was good old Abbey Road Studios : there is such a prominent background rumble that I had assumed it must have been some city church . |
| 4 | Think it must have been all the cleaning and dusting I did . " |
| 5 | I think it must have been some sort of |
| 6 | I just wanted to say it must have been awful . ’ |
| 7 | The linesman said it must have been accidental , because Linighan looked so ‘ surprised ’ . |
| 8 | Others said it must have been that girl who worked here , the one who was the German officer 's mistress , she knew everything that was going on around here . |
| 9 | I think he must have eaten a lot of it , though if it tasted anything like it smelt it must have been vile . |