Example sentences of "must be [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marie-Christine must be riding high in local esteem , Sabine thought as she parked her car in the square , and walked up the steps to the mairie with the other guests . |
| 2 | And suddenly in French , in a voice as shrill as a station-master 's whistle , ‘ Rosette — come back ! that lemonade must be getting hot . ’ |
| 3 | I must be getting tired : Anya 's binding spell has packed more of a punch than I expected . |
| 4 | They must be getting close now ; already Dalgliesh could see the soaring west tower and pinnacles of Ely Cathedral to the east . |
| 5 | It must be getting close |
| 6 | ‘ It must be getting bored buildings things at the moment , , he told Endill . |
| 7 | Christ , he thought to himself , I must be getting desperate . |
| 8 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You must be getting awful cabin-fever stuck in all day , ’ said Emma , as they pushed through the lancing wind . |
| 10 | New lines in the Northern Corries must be getting scarce because only three were climbed recently , although White Magic was repeated by Graeme Ettle and quoted as straightforward V. |
| 11 | I must be getting short-sighted — and maybe somewhat deaf … ’ |
| 12 | As far as omens go , when a man of the cloth has to sign on , things must be getting bad . |
| 13 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 14 | She must be getting ready to go . |
| 15 | Louis joked that he must be getting old ‘ when ladies declare war against me ’ , but it proved an ill judged jest . |
| 16 | In the paddock , he said , ‘ I must be getting old . ’ |
| 17 | You must be getting old . |
| 18 | •That TV chap , Terry Wogan , must be getting old . |
| 19 | Judging by how well labels sell in the shops — and they do — the world and his wife must be using sticky labels on everything , including the kids . |
| 20 | The workers , it seems must be using genetically-based cues , such as colour or odour , to discriminate between full and half sibs . |
| 21 | Of all the problems dealt with , the solving of debt problems probably has the most dramatic effect for funders : for Government and local authorities the cost of personal insolvency can be immense if not properly handled ; at the same time the work done by bureaux must be saving private companies considerable sums in legal and administrative costs and in reducing their proportion of ‘ bad debts ’ . |
| 22 | Well , if ‘ Einstein is rolling over in his grave ’ about those positive electrons , Leo must be turning triple somersaults in his . |
| 23 | I think it must be turning cold . |
| 24 | In that voice of hers , that warm low voice , she said , ‘ I know you must be feeling sad so often , that was a bad thing your grandmother dying so soon . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I would desperately like to get him back to his owner , they must be feeling terrible . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm sleeping well , and I 'm waking on time , so I must be feeling confident . ’ |
| 27 | But Ven , who must be feeling drained from his labours , had just stated that he would be ready to discuss the interview soon — she somehow knew then that she was not going to get a better offer from him than that . |
| 28 | It 's normal for you to feel flattered by his attentions , as you must be feeling lonely after the loss of your husband , but your son-in-law should know better . |
| 29 | You must be feeling sick … ’ |
| 30 | Well , you must be feeling sick ! ’ |