Example sentences of "[ex0] must have [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm coming up a hill near some kind of huge church or cathedral — there must 've been a service or a concert going on because people are pouring out — one of them 's singing a high trill and her boyfriend 's cross : ‘ Please , Miranda ! |
| 2 | There must 've been a little bit of snow |
| 3 | Such was the popularity of film and such was the reforming zeal of that first decade or so of the twentieth century that there must have been every possibility that other agencies would take up the chance of producing , distributing , and exhibiting films in their own halls . |
| 4 | There must have been a push . ’ |
| 5 | There must have been a leak . |
| 6 | The entire kitchen ( there must have been a brigade of 50 where one would expect more like 12 ) , belongs to some turn-of-the-century grand Parisian establishment , but strangely there was only one washer-upper . |
| 7 | There must have been a draught because I wrapped my coat around my knees . |
| 8 | I started right in by saying there must have been a bit of a misunderstanding . |
| 9 | There must have been a time before Fenna , just as there must have been a time before words , but Maggie can not not conceive of either . |
| 10 | There must have been a time before Fenna , just as there must have been a time before words , but Maggie can not not conceive of either . |
| 11 | But company executives accept that there must have been a leak as they put together a financing package to back their bid for Dixons . |
| 12 | There must have been a veritable orchard flourishing in her wake , which could account for the sudden urge to build an orangery among the nobbery . |
| 13 | In each case there must have been a scientist employed . |
| 14 | Similarly Fawn Hall , asked by North to alter memoranda to conceal his work for the contras , remembered feeling uneasy : ‘ but I believe in Colonel North , and I know that there must have been a good reason why he was asking me to do this , and I — I did as I was told . ’ |
| 15 | There must have been a dozen rotundas , each displaying blow-ups of contemporary newspaper clippings , photographs , posters , etc . |
| 16 | Reference to pre-Chelsea days are rare , but Miller described in the Dictionary how he grew Monthly Roses ( the Autumn Damask ) in his original Southwark Nursery ; under glass against a warm wall , ‘ using dung placed against its backside , as practised by raising early fruits ’ , to produce roses in February , for which there must have been a ready market . |
| 17 | There must have been a better breeze there . |
| 18 | There must have been a suspicion that under the control of these Authorities only left-wing teachers need apply for jobs , and that money that might have been spent on education was being spent elsewhere ; for example , on supporting lesbian or ‘ gay ’ groups . |
| 19 | ‘ Quick , out with that ladder , ’ said Ryan , ‘ there must have been a balls-up . ’ |
| 20 | I went calmly enough , but there must have been a suspicion of the trepidation that inevitably invests us at the sight of a hospital and the thought of entering it . |
| 21 | There must have been a time when each of these practices ceased to be tolerable and reasonable behaviour . |
| 22 | I 'm not suggesting that legislators woke up one morning and said : ‘ We must abolish slavery ! ’ or ‘ Bear baiting must cease ! ’ , but for the position to have changed from tacit acceptance to wholesale condemnation , there must have been a fulcrum point when the arguments tipped decidedly in one direction . |
| 23 | There must have been a good reason for the same method was also in use at other coach works . |
| 24 | There must have been a proportion of shy , bashful ones around , but they were not in evidence amongst the mob which harassed us day by day as we tried to make our way around the town on our own affairs . |
| 25 | For example , his eyes were necessary for the finding of food and the locating of enemies , to name but two of many purely necessary functions , but there must have been a time when he first began to enjoy the visual beauty all around him . |
| 26 | There must have been a succession of road and track layouts over the years , so it would be fortunate indeed if even part of the original network had survived . |
| 27 | There must have been a hundred of them — three flocks together — scrabbling over the stones , stretching out their necks and bleating . |
| 28 | There must have been a clear indication on the outside that there was a fox on the inside ! |
| 29 | ‘ There must have been a reason for it , like not wanting anyone to know what was being carried aboard Titron . ’ |
| 30 | There must have been a cosiness to the street once , but now there was such a sense of decay that Jack could almost smell it . |