Example sentences of "it must [vb infin] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It must have been pressure . |
| 32 | If Law had a political model , then it must have been Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman , a fellow Scot who had shown that an ordinary man could hold the highest office without discredit and that he could beat the clever and the politically sophisticated at their own game . |
| 33 | I think it must have been Tom 's fear from the past , knowing what happened to black people who stepped out of line that made him so afraid to stick up for himself and stand his ground . |
| 34 | He did n't get back until … on , it must have been Tuesday of the following week . ’ |
| 35 | Therefore Carol 's daughter is not Julie , whilst Donna was taken to see Mary Poppins , so it must have been Linda who went with Carol to see Jungle Book . |
| 36 | The amount of meat was never specified , but football fans throughout Scotland had no doubts , it must have been Caledonia 's most famous culinary repast : a pund o' mince . |
| 37 | It must have been noon , the time for the Angelus , and the bells of the cathedral clanging fit to break when I first caught sight of the fellow . |
| 38 | ‘ I remember thinking for a long time afterwards that it must have been Uncle Titch 's , ’ said William , and Preston stared at him in astonishment , shocked not so much by the thought of Uncle Titch and Mary Moxton in carnal embrace as by this sudden insight into William 's dark imaginings . |
| 39 | ‘ It must have been spring . |
| 40 | According to the diary , it must have been Friday 17 July . |
| 41 | Erm it must have been the last day , it must have been Friday , must have been Friday . |