Example sentences of "[Wh det] must [verb] been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For a start he 'd given up being a hippie , which must have been a relief to the Fish , not only professionally but because it meant the Fish could play Charlie soul records — Otis Redding and all — the only music he liked . |
| 2 | They met with little armed resistance ( which must have been a relief to Louis , who had little confidence in his own military skill ) , and gained considerable incidental profit : the king 's person was seen in an area unvisited since the reign of Louis IV ; the counts of Nevers , Chalon , and Mâcon were brought to heel ; Burgundian lords appealed for the king 's mediation in their quarrels ( he also sought theirs ) ; the count of Forez , hitherto only a vassal of the Emperor , declared his most important castles to be held as fief of the crown of France , the first step in the integration of Forez into the French realm . |
| 3 | Her eyes widened and for a moment she looked scared , but her model 's training stood her in good stead and she showed no other sign of what must have been a shock . |
| 4 | One of the rusting iron pipes fastened to the shed wall and apparently coming from what remained of the old boilerhouse inside , had a plate affixed to it , near the stump of what must have been a water stop valve . |
| 5 | From the Korthaus collection : a Böttger flared white beaker-vase , circa 1720 , estimate £10–15,000 sold for £45,000 ( $76,900 ) to a private collector with a dealer as the underbidder ; a Meissen silver-gilt mounted gold-ground blue-and-white cylindrical tankard , circa 1730 , estimate £6–8,000 : surprisingly for its quality bought-in at £4,500 ; sold after the sale for what must have been a bargain price ; a Meissen circular tureen and cover with fish handles , circa 1728 , sold to a private collector for £30,000 ( $51,270 ) , estimate £12–18,000 . |