Example sentences of "must [verb] been [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | one which must have been probably about so thick |
| 2 | ‘ It must have been between half-past seven and eight . ’ |
| 3 | My sister-in-law answered , so quickly that she must have been right beside the telephone . |
| 4 | He was exaggerating , of course , but all the same , she must have been away for longer than she had intended . |
| 5 | She and Tom must have been here for quite a long time , then . |
| 6 | Its success must have been largely through her efforts if it is true that Frederick was often away from home . |
| 7 | The invitation must have been largely in terms of a general specification involving basic designs and performance , for the prices varied greatly , depending on the type of hauling gear and the amount of sophistication of the secondary equipment . |
| 8 | And erm I think I was in the middle somewhere , I was n't er brilliant but I must have been somewhere in the middle I suppose . |
| 9 | I was about eleven at the time , it must have been just after the war . |
| 10 | Well , and I went to Ipswich well it must have been just after the war then |
| 11 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 12 | Occasionally it is explained that they had already died — and given the still short life-expectancy of the period this must have been so in many cases . |
| 13 | ( Even so , Valentin 's marriage did not survive and it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that its atmosphere must have been far from normal . |
| 14 | Whenever I motor past , I imagine what a joy it must have been once upon a time to see him in action around the commons and village greens , stroking that famous beard and then scattering the pony and traps with his magnificent blows . |
| 15 | ‘ Kiwis are nocturnal birds — so that means you must have been there at night . |
| 16 | It , too , must have been there for years . |
| 17 | It must have been there for at least an hour . |
| 18 | It must have been there for years , abandoned to the plunderers , an illicit plaything for the local children , a welcome shelter for the occasional vagrant like the seventy-year-old alcoholic who had stumbled on the body . |
| 19 | They must have been there for years . ’ |
| 20 | It must have been there since breakfast . |
| 21 | ‘ I suppose I must have been half off my head , without the booze , since Friday when Rosemary finished with me . ’ |
| 22 | But there must have been more to it than that . |
| 23 | Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs . |