Example sentences of "must have [be] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | There must have been a push . ’ |
2 | This fool butterfly must have been a chrysallis — there are a million tortoiseshells pirouetting on the purple flowers all the warm months — a chrysallis left from last August . |
3 | There must have been a leak . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | It must have been a male tree for there was no sign of the drooping clusters of yellow fruit that female trees would now be bearing . |
6 | Member Johnny Day of Bexhill , envies the other member who after complaining to the Diary that his service must have been a dream , was subsequently contacted by old colleagues . |
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 | THE ARUNDELLS of Cornwall must have been a very sophisticated family , for it is peculiar to find such a fancy façade of this date in such a distant corner of the land . |
13 | The Reverend Richard Rowland Ward , who built the hall in 1821 , must have been a desperately romantic character . |
14 | Inglewood must have been a perfect foil for the grand civic buildings of Liverpool , with its open timber balcony on the south side overlooking terraced and formal gardens laid out in the ‘ Old English ’ style . |
15 | ‘ Angela must have been a very attractive girl , ’ he suggested , cautiously . |
16 | In such moments he was not himself , for age had quelled the turbulent spirit , and tamed what must have been a fierce temper indeed … . |
17 | It was certainly the case that in the first centuries the example of Jesus must have been a tremendous model for living and for dying . |
18 | From outside , the church looked very old , and deserted , and I began to wonder why I had come ; and I must have been a little late , because in the perfect stillness within , the members of the congregation already knelt — like statues , some caught in a swath of rainbow light where the rising sun shone through a stained-glass window , splashing the bowed heads and bent shoulders with crimson , royal blue , emerald and gold . |
19 | It must have been a shock , her turning up out of the blue like that . |
20 | Must have been a wrong number or summat . |
21 | 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 . |
22 | In each case there must have been a scientist employed . |
23 | The film 's unexpected success must have been a relief after her long maternity break , proof that she could come back : there are now talks of buddy pic with Madonna . |
24 | Weed control must have been a major problem for a one pass cultivation system before the development of herbicides , and the extra weight of the rotor unit and the engine must have made the plough difficult to handle at the headlands . |
25 | He must have been a stranger to the village , that was why she was telling him . |
26 | At one time it must have been a waiting room for clients . |
27 | 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 . ’ |
28 | It must have been a strange sight in a land of Celtic war chiefs , dressed in Highland-type garb , to see the proud , aristocratic De Cuellar in fine Spanish attire , pulling a face as he sipped the O'Rourke potheen and thought of his native wine . |
29 | With the young Wilhelm Pitz as the chorus-master of the local Opera Chorus in Aachen , it must have been a formidable combination . |
30 | She must have been a very extraordinary artist to work with ? |