Example sentences of "must [verb] been [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must 've been fifteen foot at least up in the air teetering on a top branch . |
| 2 | We moved to Somerset and I saw nothing of Matt for — I do n't know — it must 've been sixteen years I suppose . |
| 3 | now there , there must 've been one reason why you chose Friends Provident . |
| 4 | D' you remember I showed you a manuscript — it must 've been some years ago , now — purporting to be by some mariner who remembered an English cargo boat having gone down between us , here at Møn , and Malmo — during the First Schleswig War ? |
| 5 | This and similar observations indicate that the polymer can occupy less volume when surrounded by benzene molecules and that there must have been unused space in the glassy matrix to allow this increase in packing efficiency to occur . |
| 6 | It must have been dull touring around Britain after Broadway but she knew of no alternative . |
| 7 | It must , it must have been absolute arm and a leg . |
| 8 | Held , allowing the appeal , the judge had referred to Cavendish ( 1961 ) 45 Cr.App.R. 374 in ruling that it was open to a jury to infer from all the circumstances that there must have been prior arrangement with the occupier for such a large quantity of burglary proceeds to arrive so quickly at the premises . |
| 9 | It must have been that day or the next , Adam thought , that he or one of them , surely he , had first suggested the commune idea . |
| 10 | An uncommonly good lunch it must have been that day . |
| 11 | Others said it must have been that girl who worked here , the one who was the German officer 's mistress , she knew everything that was going on around here . |
| 12 | And she went on a party of three , no , no , she went with a party of four friends I think , there were five of them altogether and er she stayed for well er , three nights , four days , or four days , three nights I ca n't remember no , it must have been four days , four nights , three days . |
| 13 | No drinks were served before dinner , so some form of ice-breaking equipment in the way of elaborate and festive flower decorations which everybody could remark upon must have been invaluable weapons in the hands of a conscientious hostess . |
| 14 | Whatever they may have told the pollsters , there must have been countless voters who , as they finally confronted their choice , saw in their mind 's eye the image of a beaming Neil and Glenys standing at the door of Number 10 , and thought , dammit — prompting them to switch back to that decent , straightforward , reliable Mr Major . |
| 15 | So I 'm zooming down , which I thought must have been fifty mile an hour , but it was probably only about five really , or ten , but er put the brake on for the platform to stop , no chance , it just kept going . |
| 16 | Clearly , Harald was a highly-efficient organiser of labour and materials : the felling and transportation of the large quantities of timber used in the camps and at Ravning , for example , must have been major operations in themselves . |
| 17 | An anonymous telephone call to the police must have been one option ; but that seemed unlikely because in that case the police would already be here . |
| 18 | ‘ It must have been one hell of a party . |
| 19 | This must have been one hell of a shock , and you 're overwrought , that 's all . |
| 20 | ‘ By the time the doors opened there must have been 100 people . |
| 21 | Charlie heard the words , ‘ Carry on , Sergeant-Major , ’ and a moment later a man who must have been six feet six inches in height , and whose beer-barrel chest was covered in medal ribbons , took a pace forward . |
| 22 | Although my father was six foot two , Geoffrey Archer seemed a real giant ; he must have been six foot four and broad in proportion , but he was a kind giant , having an instinctive sympathy with small boys . |
| 23 | He must have been six foot four , with a frame to match . |
| 24 | It must have been six months ago , when he started stealing money from his uncle . ’ |
| 25 | The wave must have been fifteen feet high . |
| 26 | We must have been closer friends than I recall , for as I go through my library 40 years later , I find quite a number of splendid books inscribed ‘ in friendship ’ from Andrew in his scrawling hand , including Henrik van Loon 's ‘ Book of Lives ’ , ‘ One Men 's Meat ’ by E.B. White , ‘ Women in Love ’ by D.H . |
| 27 | ‘ I do remember one weekend , during the flu outbreak , must have been early April — yes , a girl in prolonged labour , we were all getting worried about her , she nearly lost her baby . |
| 28 | The thing — it must have been five metres across — rippled its flanges invitingly and eased right to where we stood . |
| 29 | There must have been 5,000 head corralled into convoy formation by a quartet of big black dogs . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you remember , ’ a typical conversation might begin , ‘ that time back in December of '59 when Waimea was unrideable and Greg Noll caught that wave that must have been thirty-foot plus ? ’ |