Example sentences of "[pron] must have [be] [v-ing] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have been walking for nearly an hour , he thought . |
| 2 | She must have been looking for me because a few seconds later she spotted me and came over . |
| 3 | She must have been going for the six o'clock train , and she was probably in a dickens of a rush when … ’ |
| 4 | she was nearly retiring by the , no still the girls go to her at the school so she must have been going for , two or three years after we came up here , but I would be in the choir just , maybe two or three years . |
| 5 | I thought she must have been waiting for someone … ’ |
| 6 | She must have been waiting for some time . |
| 7 | Master Thomas said they must have been looking for people , not things , and thought you should be warned , so … ’ |
| 8 | They must have been singing for , though Sharpe could hear nothing , he could see their mouths opening and closing in unison . |
| 9 | They must have been riding for a long time , but there was no sign of a large town , only a solitary light shining ahead . |
| 10 | He must have been gouging for half an hour when an idea seemed to strike him . |
| 11 | He must have been looking for the keys . |
| 12 | He must have been looking for bathroom . |
| 13 | ‘ He must have been driving for hours . ’ |
| 14 | If it was n't exactly political pessimism of the order of ‘ mourir pour Danzig ’ it must have been alarming for Americans to hear from High Commissioner Pignon 's diplomatic adviser of the feeling that French interests were not important enough to die for because the country was being given over to the Vietnamese and when the war was over French influence would have disappeared . |
| 15 | It must have been irritating for you . " |