Example sentences of "they must be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought at first they must be students . |
| 2 | ‘ We 're headin' for the guys who 're doin' all the shootin' up ahead … the ones we hid from in the tunnel back there … they must be friends of his … maybe cops or somethin' … if Angel One did n't want them to find us … ’ |
| 3 | She had bare shoulders and arms ; a heavy gold and ebony bracelet ; an enormously long necklace of what looked like sapphires , though I presumed they must be paste , or ultramarines . |
| 4 | While all women are socialized for domesticity in much the same way — by identifying with their mothers ( and/or other adult women ) as housewives , internalizing the conviction that they must be housewives in their turn — for the working-class woman the linguistic process of role learning is such that ‘ I ’ becomes part of the role . |
| 5 | THEY MUST BE RUSSIANS |
| 6 | Had they not all agreed when they left Ecalpemos and went their separate ways that it.was to be as if they had never met , known each other , lived together , that in future they must be strangers and more than strangers ? |
| 7 | ‘ They must be first-years , look at them . |
| 8 | Gen Enrile went on : ‘ I told them they would be treated fairly , justly and humanely but they must be man enough to take the consequences of their actions . ’ |
| 9 | Gen Enrile went on : ‘ I told them they would be treated fairly , justly and humanely but they must be man enough to take the consequences of their actions . ’ |
| 10 | There is at least this restriction on the properties that count here , that they must be properties whose presence or absence can be registered by the person making the judgement . |
| 11 | When Dr Haritos-Fatouros began her research 15 years ago into the minds of torturers — particularly those who served the Greek dictatorship of 1967–74 — she assumed they must be sadists . |
| 12 | Other players assume they must be guests , or members , or have , at worst , cut in . |
| 13 | They must be criminals , with their wads , the crap they talk , their cruel , roasted faces . |
| 14 | They must be replacements after damage , but the style is faithfully modelled on the originals . |
| 15 | they must be model animals |
| 16 | They must be Ferragamo ! ’ |
| 17 | They must be hell to live with ; they demand discipline and achievement from their co-workers and family and may lack emotional understanding and sensitivity . |
| 18 | So whatever verb is chosen will determine what functional predicate/argument structure is created — for HIT , it will be HIT ( AGENT , GOAL , INSTRUMENT ) because part of the lexical specification for the verb HIT is that it must have three arguments and they must be AGENT , ACTED-UPON , INSTRUMENT . |
| 19 | They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be . |
| 20 | They now had no idea where they were except that they must be east of the Ridgery and well to the west of where they believed the outlaws ' Camp to be . |
| 21 | The Good Book has taught us their image , they must be outcasts with the mark of Cain upon them , Ishmaels for whom the savage wilderness is home till they come to know the wisdom of the Lord . |
| 22 | They must be parts of a united attitude . |