Example sentences of "he must [verb] been [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although my father was six foot two , Geoffrey Archer seemed a real giant ; he must have been six foot four and broad in proportion , but he was a kind giant , having an instinctive sympathy with small boys . |
| 2 | He must have been six foot four , with a frame to match . |
| 3 | At the top of the scale , business must have taken a number of leading men out of town at the time the assessment was made , including , for example , Robert Thorne , Merchant Taylor and a notable benefactor to the City ; worth more than £20,000 at the time of his death in 1532 , he must have been one of the very richest men in England . |
| 4 | Reid felt the first spasm of panic sweeping over him for he knew what Lester was after but Reid just grunted back at Piggott which provided no encouragement at all and he must have been one of the most relieved jockeys in the race to see the starting stalls open for even in the parade beforehand he still had visions of Lester taking over . |
| 5 | He must have been sixty or so , but you had to get close to see it and if his hair was grey , someone had made a good job of disguising the fact . |
| 6 | He had said he thought he must have been eight but that he did n't really know . |
| 7 | It is the singular most difficult shot in golf — he must have been 50 yards from the pin with a soft lie and he had all the trap to clear . |