Example sentences of "he must [verb] been a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must have been a stranger to the village , that was why she was telling him . |
| 2 | Under his guidance the little group shared his special feeling for Rembrandt , who painted Jewish faces from the Amsterdam ghetto with such humanity that Modigliani insisted he must have been a Jew . |
| 3 | He must have been a good bit older than her . |
| 4 | Here I apologised to JTR and learned that he must have been a very tall man . |
| 5 | He must have been a remarkable man , because when his aircraft was shot down he lost his right hand but before many months had passed he was back on his squadron with a hook on his right arm , and although I am not one hundred percent sure of my facts here , I believe he went back on operations as a navigator or air gunner . |
| 6 | Great-Grandfather was running a farm at the same time , so he must have been a very busy man . |
| 7 | ‘ He must have been a lunatic . ’ |
| 8 | And , indeed , he must have been a tough little lad to have survived it all , though it was to take its toll on him eventually ; by the time he died in far-away London at the age of 29 he had lived through some very harsh times indeed . |
| 9 | On the other hand , he must have been a disappointment to his dynastically inclined father and mother since he never showed any aspirations for political office despite their encouragement . |
| 10 | He must have been a quite remarkable man . ’ |
| 11 | Earlier biographies tend to suffer from the ‘ he was a genius therefore he must have been a saint ’ syndrome . |
| 12 | He must have been a very attractive man once , I thought , and then wondered , suddenly , if Adam had had a similar thought about me . |
| 13 | He must have been a strong contender for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar but then again , the history of the academy awards is littered with the words ‘ if only … ’ |
| 14 | He must have been a knock-out when he was young . |
| 15 | He must have been a natural for the job , being one of the very few Greeks with an appropriate qualification . |
| 16 | The way Pomiane chose to convey the necessary quantity to his listeners — he must have been a compelling radio talker — and later to his readers was in terms of " a bunch as large as a bunch of violets " . |
| 17 | He must have been a very brotherly father , since he was only three years older — though it 's true that he was a Hungarian and a Jew , and by the age of 20 had a thousand years ' experience . |
| 18 | He must have been a monied gentleman because it was a marvellous house . |
| 19 | He must have been a Catholic , because he was gabbling Ave 's . |
| 20 | But erm as I say , they did er , the people did but you never got nothing off the government for it and er , I 've always said it , he must have been a much better man than I thought he was because er , er , to go as I say from what it was in those days to start his own business and that . |
| 21 | I think , when I think it since , I think he must have been a remarkable man to work and slave like that . |
| 22 | I think if I 'm just a splinter out of his head , then he must have been a bit like me , not much though . ’ |
| 23 | This tall and handsome man , not so many years older than himself — he must have been a mere boy when McAllister was conceived — could only be by his manner , and his resemblance to her , McAllister 's formidable father , so often referred to . |
| 24 | We always see that aspect , but we forget that first he must have been a warrior too . |
| 25 | He must have been a rather remarkable Permanent Secretary — I should like to know more about him . |
| 26 | Well he star I think probably the first He must have been a joiner for a wee while before he was you were just asked to do this the same I suppose as any other job any other joiner job |
| 27 | He appeared slight standing next to the sergeant major , although he must have been a shade over six feet himself . |
| 28 | He must have been a fool for her er , you know ? |