Example sentences of "[noun sg] must have been in " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm forty-eight this year , me mum must have been in there nearly fifty year . |
| 2 | ‘ We ca n't be absolutely sure of the sequence of events but the victim was hit from behind and fell against the door leading into the garage , so the killer must have been in the house . |
| 3 | Sheila and John think the burglar must have been in the house when they returned from a night out . |
| 4 | The marriage must have been in trouble even then , he thought , and he had n't known . |
| 5 | Coming back , as always , to the Jurassic , one has only to compare the 30 ammonite zones represented in one foot of sediment in Sicily with the 15 000 feet representing a single zone in Oregon , to realise how startlingly different rates of deposition must have been in different places . |
| 6 | The seller must have been in possession of the goods or documents of title . |
| 7 | Some fairy must have been in love with your father . |
| 8 | That train must have been in ever so early . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ The doctor must have been in league with Nigel , ’ Jacqui insisted truculently . |
| 10 | This being must have been in some way necessary to humanity , it is inconceivable that this is not so , for surely there would have been evidence of at least one enduring civilisation that had neither ‘ god ’ nor temple . |
| 11 | He saw a vast patch of blood and guessed that the ship must have been in one of the many petty skirmishes which took place at sea , for ships of various nations , Norway , Denmark , England , Scotland and France used these waters for fishing , trade and piracy . |
| 12 | An individual must have been in the business for ten years or have retained shares throughout this period to qualify for maximum relief . |
| 13 | If to this is added the domestic tensions occasioned by Offa 's determination to secure the succession of his son , Ecgfrith , it becomes clear how highly charged the political atmosphere must have been in Offa 's last years . |
| 14 | To belong , a dealer must have been in business for three years and have a proven reputation for expertise . |
| 15 | By the middle of 1802 , as the family house and shop passed into other hands , Ben was left alone with only sisters for company ; Elizabeth , the eldest , had very recently married , and little brother must have been in imminent danger of succumbing to the petticoat government of Mary and Sarah . |