Example sentences of "must [verb] be [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | now there , there must 've been one reason why you chose Friends Provident . |
| 3 | What you must remember is that sexuality is as basic a consciousness as information . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It must have been dull touring around Britain after Broadway but she knew of no alternative . |
| 6 | It must , it must have been absolute arm and a leg . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | An uncommonly good lunch it must have been that day . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ It must have been one hell of a party . |
| 14 | This must have been one hell of a shock , and you 're overwrought , that 's all . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | He must have been six foot four , with a frame to match . |
| 17 | There must have been 5,000 head corralled into convoy formation by a quartet of big black dogs . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 19 | The fact that Gorbachev sent the old Stalinist Andrei Gromyko to perform the pinning on of the award must have been scant compensation for what Ceauşescu probably saw as a badge of his growing servitude to Moscow . |
| 20 | For police warrants , normal methods of investigation must have been tried and failed and there must have been good reason to believe that interception would result in a conviction . |
| 21 | It seemed that the all-pervading light was weakening : it must have been late afternoon . |
| 22 | I admire them for being able to sit there in front of everybody and say they actually , what they 've been through because it must have been sheer hell er , trying to come off and withdrawal symptoms , I mean , I do n't know much about it cos I 've never taken well I smoke |
| 23 | It must have been two month old . |
| 24 | ‘ Must have been flying glass . |
| 25 | There must have been another timeslip . |
| 26 | It must have been another gift . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It must have been last night ! ’ |
| 28 | Er , but that , there must have been enormous pressure on the scientist working in those great laboratories |
| 29 | She attended the funeral so I guess there must have been some contact there . |
| 30 | There must have been some mistake as a cheque for £25 was sent to your on 27th June 1991 and I received a letter of thanks on 30th July 1991 . |