Example sentences of "must have be [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | Well you must have been round because you 've |
2 | She must have been upstairs because almost as if in answer to him we heard her heavy tread on the stairs . |
3 | He says he 's never seen anything like it ; he reckons some of the stuff must have been here since before the First World War . |
4 | Someone must have been around if he barks , someone 's around . |
5 | It must have been just before Boswell picked her up . |
6 | It must have been just before I left home in November . |
7 | It must have been just after I left , thought Joan . |
8 | And if you phoned me early in the year it must have been just after we got the V W. |
9 | In a curious way you can understand what is being said only by letting your mind slip into the same fuzzy state Shepherd 's must have been in when he spoke . |
10 | She must have been there as Christopher Peasgood became increasingly blue . |
11 | They must have been there because people only grew up like Tina when they had had a hard time as children . |
12 | It seems to me now that I must have been more than a little simple , because I received a telephone call from the home the very next day . |
13 | ‘ But there must have been more than that , surely ? ’ |
14 | In these four years the dinar value of these deposits multiplied by a factor of nearly 10 , and by the end of 1987 this factor must have been more than 20 . |
15 | There must have been more than twenty farms , plus the school , the chapel and the Strathmore Arms . |
16 | The smallest insect alive during the Age of Dinosaurs must have been more than a million times smaller than Brontosaurus . |
17 | And those who could n't afford a half-crown fine , but would rather wait until nightfall to sweep or cause to be swept their bit of pavement , must have been more than grateful that the Trustees would also kindly provide ‘ Lamp Irons or Lamp Posts to be put or affixed into , upon , or against the Walls or Pallisadoes of any of the Houses , Tenements , or Buildings within the said Town , . |
18 | Robert Hasted must have been more than usually proud , then , of his daughter Elizabeth 's second son , Robert Titford . |
19 | Benjamin must have been more than a little interested by all the information this sheet of paper contained , principally because he had scarcely known his own father , who had died before he was two years old . |
20 | The chance to escape from the daily drudgery in the pits must have been more than attractive . |
21 | In the end , there must have been more than twenty small windows all around where Little Billy was sitting , and from each window these amazing little faces were peering out . |
22 | There must have been more than twenty curriers Nowadays there are no tanneries and there are only three curriers So the answer to your question is yes , many , many more . |
23 | All that may be stated with any certainty is that his knowledge of the craft must have been more than merely adequate and that he was a good businessman . |
24 | As I was saying : they dig up that and also Francis 's moment of passion when he made himself a father — which must have been more than twenty years ago ! |