Example sentences of "[det] [modal v] have been " in BNC.
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| 31 | Napoleon Bonaparte , Metternich , Napoleon III and Vittorio Emanuele II all visited the house , and each must have been impressed by the colossal Ionic columns that hold up the façade and hem in the doorway . |
| 32 | But that must have been later . ’ |
| 33 | Since I 've understood what management was about — I suppose that must have been back in the early 1950s — I 've had the philosophy that if I go into a job I must do it better than the bloke who 's been doing it before me . |
| 34 | That must have been Lee who 'd put it there . |
| 35 | There , there , what a fright that must have been . |
| 36 | That must have been where he got the idea from , of course . |
| 37 | That must have been quite a bible lesson . |
| 38 | That must have been fun for her . |
| 39 | It was even rumoured that Western architects were approached , but that must have been at a subordinate level since early on one clear idea took hold of Ceauşescu 's mind : the whole project , from design through the workforce to the materials used , must come from Romania itself . |
| 40 | What a tragedy that must have been for them all . |
| 41 | ‘ That must have been awful ’ . |
| 42 | That must have been a fairly important decision . ’ |
| 43 | That must have been about eight o'clock or a little earlier . |
| 44 | That must have been a ‘ high ’ . |
| 45 | That must have been down to the policeman . |
| 46 | That must have been really worrying ? … |
| 47 | ‘ That must have been awful for him because he loves his food . |
| 48 | That must have been what had awakened him . |
| 49 | says Clare about his native Helpston in the years after its enclosure , and that must have been true of most parishes that underwent the great transformation . |
| 50 | ‘ Goodness , that must have been exciting . |
| 51 | ‘ That must have been interesting , ’ said Julia and then , because it was obvious that Felicity did not want to talk about her war experiences , began to swap anodyne reminiscences with her . |
| 52 | My mother told my father and I think that must have been the worst time of my life . |
| 53 | That was , that must have been a lot of money . |
| 54 | That must have been in the middle of the night . |
| 55 | ‘ I ca n't imagine what that must have been like , ’ she called after him . |
| 56 | I think that must have been G.P. 's doing . |
| 57 | That must have been it . |
| 58 | Now I always think of that as stamina cos I think that must have been a terrific stamina thing . |
| 59 | That must have been a one off . |
| 60 | That must have been some key phrase to establish identity . |