Example sentences of "must [verb] been [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robert Warshow was to argue quite rightly that there must have been much vicarious pleasure in the enjoyment of these films for audiences could watch gangsters break the law , use violence , take risks , and die but were free themselves to leave the theatre safely . |
| 2 | Among them must have been many new men pushing up from below . |
| 3 | Though the prestige of Aldfrith 's descent from the Uí Néill will not have been negligible , he was born out of wedlock and there must have been many legitimate sons of other Northumbrian lords who claimed descent from Ida . |
| 4 | Below the exemption line there must have been many small masters . |
| 5 | There must have been many different ways for brachiopods to exploit their simple mode of life . |
| 6 | There must have been many jealous eyes directed towards Russell who , owing to his association with the College of Arms , was able to attract a fair proportion of the up-market trade within London . |
| 7 | There were no longer any grave differences of principle between him and the king , but there must have been many routine tasks after so long an absence , and these seem to have occupied the greater part of 1107 . |
| 8 | On the contrary , there must have been many fervent followers of Jesus who conformed to a similar pattern — teetering on the brink of shattering disillusion , then finding a new justification in Paul . |
| 9 | They must have been such wonderful beings , and now even the legacy of their environment was being rewritten by the humans , changed with every curved floor covered by a flat grille , every piece of art ripped from the walls and studied out of context , every subtle nuance of space filled with metal and plastic , neural net cabinets , stores , machinery , even people . |
| 10 | ‘ It must have been those honeyed cakes , ’ she added hurriedly , and gestured to the Empress . |
| 11 | That must have been some key phrase to establish identity . |
| 12 | Well I do n't know that must have been some clever fella to do it did n't he ? |
| 13 | There must have been some great stars and some ecstatic moments in those cosy halls but there must also have been many second- and third-rate performers , constant recourse to stereotypes , excessive repetition , and buckets of sentimentality . |