Example sentences of "must have been for [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | We did not appreciate at the time what a wrench leaving the Weir House must have been for him , nor the difficulty he had in adjusting himself to four assertive stepsons he hardly knew . |
2 | Intuitively she felt the depths of the anguish he 'd suffered , knew without having to be told how hard he had struggled to help his sister , understood how devastating it must have been for him to realise she 'd gone beyond his help . |
3 | I have no doubt that a major influence in forcing him to make what must have been for him a most distasteful and humiliating manoeuvre , was a letter sent by a number of Durham county councillors to a local newspaper in reply to an article penned by Mr Fallon in the previous week 's issue . |
4 | What a tragedy that must have been for them all . |
5 | Cecilia reflected on how massive the explosion must have been for her and that beautiful girl to have heard it up here in West Hampstead . |
6 | It must have been for myself as much as any other that I issued that warning : It might be all too easy to take a wrong path ! |
7 | How it must have been for our Stone Age grandmothers — swell , oh , oh , pop , look , a little one — oh , it 's dead — oh , I 'm dying , dying ; dead ! |