Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] must have be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I think I can take it that I must have been a little — er — unsteady with my actions . |
| 2 | ‘ For once , not Rosemary , though I 'm getting more and more desperate about not knowing what to do for the best , ’ he confessed , but went on to explain , ‘ I spent a lot of time yesterday in realising that I must have been a real wet blanket when Naylor announced your engagement on Saturday . ’ |
| 3 | Although Mr Cross was perturbed at his strange encounter , he dismissed his consternation and decided that she must have been a village girl who had watched the train and then returned home . |
| 4 | In the morning , Jack related his experience to his wife who listened sympathetically but reassured him that it must have been a nightmare . |
| 5 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 6 | We get out of the car , stomp round to the wheel , look at it , kick it , swear , look at our watch , feel guilty about not having left enough time to cope with the unexpected , open the boot , bang our head on it , swear again , wonder whether it would n't be better to walk to the phone , decide to change the wheel ourselves , lose one of the nuts and eventually arrive at the meeting half an hour late in a filthy temper , and take up the next five minutes explaining that it must have been a sharp chipping off one of those construction lorries and they overload them to save money and they ought to do something about it … |
| 7 | However , one ca n't help thinking that it must have been a source of frustration for these early travel photographers to be confronted by the riotous colours of the far east and Africa , knowing that it could only be reproduced in black and white . |
| 8 | However , one ca n't help thinking that it must have been a source of frustration for these early travel photographers to be confronted by the riotous colours of the far east and Africa , knowing that it could only be reproduced in black and white . |
| 9 | She thought now that it must have been a lamb , because of Sunday luncheon . |
| 10 | The general attitude seems to be that it must have been a madman and the Church does n't have to deal with madmen . |
| 11 | I think that it must have been a frightening experience for people trapped within the train for that time . |
| 12 | Here I apologised to JTR and learned that he must have been a very tall man . |