Example sentences of "[noun pl] must have been in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her presence in the workhouse in itself seems an odd occurrence ; it was hardly as if she had no-one to turn to — any one of her brothers must have been in a position to help when help was needed . |
| 2 | Those Belgians must have been in the wrong place at the wrong time , and they probably saw something they should n't have seen , so someone shut them up for good . |
| 3 | Carpenter 's speed and control was even causing problems for Harris , himself no slouch , and Farnham 's hearts must have been in their mouths when the Cranleigh number 10 , having broken clear on the right , hit the deck after a late challenge by Cann who had raced out of his area . |
| 4 | The repeated readings must have been in the nature of a penance , which , because of his awareness of his own prejudices , was deliberately self-imposed . |
| 5 | ‘ The corpses must have been in the marsh for days , even weeks . |
| 6 | When they finally moved out their successors found the floor covered with six layers of linoleum — the bottom ones must have been in position for many a long year ! |