Example sentences of "[noun prp] must [verb] been [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside Cabinet Leon Brittan argued in a speech that the Government must have the right to look at new ideas , although I suspect that both Leon and Geoffrey Howe must have been appalled at the way the issue had been handled . |
| 2 | Ben must have been wide-eyed . |
| 3 | For example , we have the form of expression ‘ when I said ‘ Napoleon was crowned in 1804 ’ I meant the man who won the battle of Austerlitz' and we are inclined to interpret the use of the past tense ‘ meant ’ as meaning that the idea of Napoleon having won the battle of Austerlitz must have been present in the speaker 's mind when he said that Napoleon was crowned in 1804 . |
| 4 | It made her feel that he did n't mind everyone knowing she was his girlfriend , and he was really sweet to her in bed , told her she had lovely hair and said she must never , ever cut it , it was so beautiful , and then he began to talk about Therese , saying how cruel it was that he had carried the company all these years and now , just because she was the Direktor 's favourite — he snorted at this point and said he really did believe Therese must have been old Franz 's mistress years ago in Vienna — he was being treated like a pariah , no consideration , everyone being rude and unkind to him , Therese allowed to do just what she liked on the stage even though she 'd been no-one before she came to Hochhauser . |
| 5 | Hill must have been typical of many mid-Victorian medics who reorientated their social and political allegiances as a result of a shift in class and professional status . |
| 6 | The van Goghs must have been relieved as well as saddened when their rumbling volcano of a son departed . |
| 7 | The redoubtable Ethel must have been shocked when it was made clear she was down-graded to five , the same as Gracie Holt . |
| 8 | But the long-term effect on Vivien must have been profound ; already a lonely woman , she was dispatched into a mental asylum by people whom she knew and trusted . |
| 9 | His absence from Denmark must have been easy to justify . |
| 10 | George Lodge and Gilbert Blaine must have been old acquaintances for they were hawking together in Caithness in 1913 . |
| 11 | But Ollie must have been prescient . |
| 12 | Stamford must have been one of the religious and academic Meccas of ancient Albion , situated close to Troy , and a place of international pilgrimage for both mystics and scholars . |
| 13 | Alan Prentice must have been impressed . |
| 14 | Easter Sunday must have been noisy . |
| 15 | A corollary is the absence of any comment on the substitution of Latin for Greek as the leading cultural language in the rest of Italy and on the diffusion of Latin in the western provinces — which at least in the time of Posidonius must have been evident . |
| 16 | In the beginning , one feels , Lear must have been relieved and excited to find someone with as equally compelling an interest in birds as himself . |
| 17 | He visited Exeter in June 1313 to choose timber for the bishop 's throne there , made with characteristic details for which Witney must have been responsible . |
| 18 | He and Nedham must have been amazed to see the new water wheels towering above them powering the pumping and winding machines , for the miners were now working well below the Grand Level , and a shaft had been put down . |
| 19 | Finally he suggested that Mr Hancock must have been 180 degrees off-course . |
| 20 | Teresa must have been productive fairly |
| 21 | Norman must have been desperate to win after such a long absence from the winner 's circle , but that does n't account for his alarming collapse over the closing stretch in Canada . |
| 22 | Dalglish must have been batty , when Shearer is injured , they need midfielders who can score but they bought the one ( otherwise brilliant ) who ca n't . |
| 23 | The marshy lands around Stirling and Bannockburn must have been inhospitable to these early settlers , but were to prove of incalculable worth to fourteenth-century patriots determined to assert their independence from southern predators . |
| 24 | Robert Naish must have been disappointed at the members ' Extraordinary General Meeting on June 5th when his three-part motion failed to get the necessary 2:1 majority ( For 125 , Against 103 ) . |
| 25 | Although there was some limited response to the last of these , Iraq must have been disappointed by the overall results of the campaign . |
| 26 | Failure to do so would have put at risk all future Kindertransporte and , though in the last weeks of the peace the temptation to stay on in Britain must have been great , the escorts always did their best to get back . |
| 27 | Benjamin must have been well-pleased with his little brood : Benjamin James and William were both married by 1872 , and soon brought him a series of grandchildren . |
| 28 | His 19th C. biographer Charles Roeder tentatively puts it at 1000 finished pictures ; and the constant flow of visitors to his annual exhibitions in Ambleside and Keswick must have been responsible for carrying his work all over Britain . |
| 29 | The constant flow of visitors to his annual exhibitions in Ambleside and Keswick must have been responsible for carrying his work all over the country . |
| 30 | The Fourniers must have been mad — I have ruined their party . |