Example sentences of "must be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You must be kidding . |
| 2 | You must be kidding ! |
| 3 | She thought her brain must be slowing up , because if he was certain at the start that she was who she said she was , why would he ring England ? |
| 4 | Only when he stooped and some lire changed hands did she realise that he must be intending to walk back . |
| 5 | To me , the biggest problem must be overpublishing . |
| 6 | I must be loving . |
| 7 | People must be hunting all over the country for him . |
| 8 | I reckon they must be buying them knocked off . |
| 9 | So , I mean to me , I do n't know whether I 'm right , but that my first thought is that they must be buying it very |
| 10 | they must be buying it very cheap then ? |
| 11 | Secondly , he must be acting as agent in a way of business . |
| 12 | expresses the involuntariness with which firms , no less than workers , must be acting during periods of unemployment … |
| 13 | Well he must be fiddling it cos he , he 's never bloody worked it . |
| 14 | But Anne decided that the woman must be exaggerating . |
| 15 | But even so , even though she was sure Rosemary must be exaggerating , her remarks about her being too glamorous in relation to her work place nagged away at her . |
| 16 | How good that wine tasted , if only because I secretly thought , what a rare old vintage I must be quaffing , laid down no doubt before the Battle of Trafalgar ! |
| 17 | it must be costing them a fortune , when every time they move , they alter 'ouse , they decorate and put new carpets down and furniture |
| 18 | One should not be surprised at the offsetting movements of currencies , since if some currencies are appreciating then as a matter of arithmetic other currencies must be depreciating . |
| 19 | I just ca n't buy it , I 'm sorry but if the author is going to put elements , a political element into it , he must be steering the audience towards something , because why bother putting all these points up , because everybody realises , what the cold war is |
| 20 | She saw him look down at her and saw that his skin was raw and flayed in places ; the arm of flesh and blood was scraped and scorched and the silver arm on the other side was reflecting the tremendous heat , so that it was copper coloured and glinting and must be causing him immense pain . |
| 21 | It must be demoralising for workers to be working alongside people who are being paid twice for doing the same job . |
| 22 | If he was really living in the house he must be taking pains to leave no signs of his occupancy . |
| 23 | His experiments show that the bees must be taking notice of the dance , and have confirmed von Frisch 's theory more strongly than ever . |
| 24 | Er there 's with no evidence of an oversupply , my suggestion is that the decision you must be taking is to what degree do you assume er to what degree do you er recommend a reduction in migration rates . |
| 25 | Alright , and because that , protectionism is required to do that , we must be taking resources away from more efficient industries and putting them into , into agriculture . |
| 26 | Clayton home late last night and I thought he must be taking Lorraine home . |
| 27 | Thought he must be taking Lorraine home this time of night . |
| 28 | But er but when Marguerite says she 's thinking of having a couple for her living room that ca n't be pictures of somebody else 's room she 's putting up , he must be taking snaps . |
| 29 | ‘ Over a year married an ’ our Tracey still is n't knocked up — he must be blowin' out all over t'place ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ You must be raving , ’ Silas snorted . |