Example sentences of "[adj] must [verb] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If she could say playfully , in public , that he had been fiddling about with one design for three years , their conversations on his work in private must have been explosive . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ That must have been awful ’ . |
| 4 | ‘ That must have been awful for him because he loves his food . |
| 5 | That must have been awful . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ That must have been awful , ’ said Basil — Cherry again , now that he could talk about Men and the problems with them , dear ! |
| 7 | More recently I understand that Chris has had er had a very interesting , made a very interesting study of the French trade union movement , that must have been fascinating . |
| 8 | ‘ Goodness , that must have been exciting . |
| 9 | But that must have been later . ’ |
| 10 | Yeah , because he was in , paper , waste paper , and the fire insurance on that must have been colossal . |
| 11 | Well it 's just that dad said he passed a great big piece of wood , I said that must have been painful ! |
| 12 | That must have been some key phrase to establish identity . |
| 13 | Well I do n't know that must have been some clever fella to do it did n't he ? |
| 14 | ‘ That must have been old Mrs Rogers . |
| 15 | That must have been fun for her . |
| 16 | ‘ That must have been fun , ’ said Rincewind absently . |
| 17 | ‘ 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | This must have been one of the more profitable periods in the mill 's history for , over the next few years , Wight installed steam power as well as a new water wheel . |
| 20 | ‘ This must have been one of the stupid ones , ’ said Nooty . |
| 21 | This must have been one hell of a shock , and you 're overwrought , that 's all . |
| 22 | This must have been irksome for them , but Mrs Webster accepted it as her war work with good grace . |
| 23 | Nicholas Monu 's Poseidon seizes the attention at the beginning , but the scale of the speeches one actor after another must face is daunting . |
| 24 | Their impact on the marine communities of the Ordovician must have been profound . |
| 25 | Texans expecting something equally outré must have been disappointed by Desert of Roses : a treatment of the Beauty and the Beast legend set in Texas just after the American Civil War , the piece is essentially a rather sugary Broadway musical with minimalist frosting on the score . |
| 26 | Such stories as these must have been common in all religious communities , but the constant recurrence of these themes in Eadmer 's recollections leaves the impression that his thoughts , and those of the monks with whom he had lived since his infancy , were centred almost exclusively on their relics , and on the stories of the gifts , purchases , translations , and miracles associated with them . |
| 27 | After this well-considered plea for Gothic , everyone present must have been astonished by the next speaker . |
| 28 | Although Peter returned to help you finish that tour , the early '70s must have been fraught with looking for replacements , before you crystallised the line-up with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks … |
| 29 | Parker 's complacency about acceptance of Gothic must have been short-lived . |
| 30 | He 's so musical that I 'm sure his ability to get others to be creative must have been considerable . |