Example sentences of "must [verb] been [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is strange therefore that the signal box instruments revealed it as clear , the signal must have been at green , or had a heavy weight been lying across the signal wire ? |
| 2 | Nathan must have been on deck all night . |
| 3 | It was n't long before I got caught shoplifting again so I was back on remand at Low Newton — I think I must have been on remand there about eight times . |
| 4 | The winner must have been beyond price . |
| 5 | You know , it is a pressure job and Terry must have been under pressure today because if we 'd have beaten them , then you know their season would have crumbled . |
| 6 | I told you I sleep in that chair , did n't I ? — It must have been about midnight because I 'd just watched this film and that did n't finish until half eleven . |
| 7 | ‘ It must have been like Hell in here , ’ said Jimmy . |
| 8 | I says c how could I ever forget it , I said it must have been near halloween , one halloween , for I remember her coming to the party and that 's how her and Richard met . |
| 9 | I must have been in shock . |
| 10 | When they finally moved out their successors found the floor covered with six layers of linoleum — the bottom ones must have been in position for many a long year ! |
| 11 | The seller must have been in possession of the goods or documents of title . |
| 12 | The reservations that Galileo 's rivals held about accepting phenomena such as the moons of Jupiter that Galileo had learnt to see must have been in part due , not to prejudice , but to genuine difficulties encountered when learning to ‘ see ’ through what were , after all , very crude telescopes . |
| 13 | Some fairy must have been in love with your father . |
| 14 | Improbable as it was , he must have been in love with her . |
| 15 | She must have been in love with Ven even then without knowing it . |
| 16 | He must have been in town after all . |
| 17 | Though one might think that all those who left must have been in agreement with the National Socialist ideology , there appear to have been artists of all persuasions who remained members . |
| 18 | Alternatively , you must have been in charge of a yacht for at least a week , perhaps on Villa-Flotilla . |
| 19 | The marriage must have been in trouble even then , he thought , and he had n't known . |
| 20 | ‘ The doctor must have been in league with Nigel , ’ Jacqui insisted truculently . |
| 21 | The death of Robert Bowes must have been in mind when a warning was incorporated into the questionnaire : " … sundrie accidents may befall fitt for you to observe , and search out … " |
| 22 | Many of the floral designs for this china , whether taken from prints or fresh exotic blooms , were obtained from the nearby Physic Garden and Philip Miller must have been in touch with the factory . |
| 23 | It 's really difficult for me to measure these sorts of things , but if you stop and look at him , he must have been in pain . |
| 24 | Some strange noises came from one of the children and Asik thought he must have been in pain . |
| 25 | To belong , a dealer must have been in business for three years and have a proven reputation for expertise . |