Example sentences of "[pron] must be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Himself is right : half of them must be in the pay of the Foley Street mob . |
| 2 | I was beginning to think I must be in the doghouse for some reason . ’ |
| 3 | Nowadays the public attitude is much more likely to be : I must be in the house at 10.30 to watch Sports Report or whatever . |
| 4 | This was not an area I was likely to visit but , nevertheless , my poor mother , hearing the report on the wireless , was sure that I must be among the casualties ! |
| 5 | This gives us one combination which must be on the LM curve : it is plotted as point C in graph ( d ) . |
| 6 | Rage weakened here , and I thought quite fondly of the workman within who must be in the habit of bringing some overloyal pet to the site . |
| 7 | ‘ If you are n't on wheels you must be on the skids . |
| 8 | ‘ I wish there were time , my friend , but you must be at the Ebert Mansion by nine and it 's six already . |
| 9 | ‘ My dear , you must be in the picture as well . |
| 10 | Born in 1930 , so she must be on the verge of retirement now . |
| 11 | She must be on the game , all right . |
| 12 | From this a spiral staircase led upwards to a similar-sized room with windows on all sides , and Sabine realised she must be in the tower she 'd noticed on the way in . |
| 13 | She must be like the curlew , and concentrate all her energy on those who needed her . |
| 14 | I know how tired she must be after the journey . |
| 15 | And in order to understand it and one 's place in it , one must be as the universe . |
| 16 | The point of which is that , with a limited pool of capital , any increase for one must be at the expense of another . |
| 17 | One must be on the Left . |
| 18 | And I think the other one must be in the car . |
| 19 | ‘ We must be at the edge of the centre of the station , ’ Bernice said to Ace and Defries . |
| 20 | I agree with the Prime Minister that we must be at the heart of Europe , working with our partners to build Europe 's future . |
| 21 | In particular , it might seem that if we observe all other galaxies to be moving away from us , then we must be at the center of the universe . |
| 22 | England hooker Brian Moore insisted : ‘ After that sort of performance , we must be among the favourites . |
| 23 | Although they are , they must be to the people concerned but I mean , a pet 's usually a dog , cat or bird is n't it ? |
| 24 | They are closely interrelated , separated though they must be for the purpose of analysis — and they are all questionable . |
| 25 | ‘ They must be on the F-Plan diet . ’ |
| 26 | If the government thinks that they 're going to solve the problem by just lashing out four hundred thousand pounds for sixteen pitches , then they are certainly mistaken , because the mere fact of these people 's business , whether they 're in scrap , whether they 're dealing in furniture , means that they must be on the move all the time . |
| 27 | They must be at the end of the pond . |
| 28 | Well , they ca n't get into the gardens from this side , so they must be in the woods . |
| 29 | They must be in the dishwasher . |
| 30 | One problem here is that now , if pre-emptive provisions other than those prescribed in the Act are to apply , they must be in the memorandum or articles whereas previously they could have been provided in other ways , for example in an agreement between the shareholders or as part of the terms of issue of the shares . |