Example sentences of "[pers pn] must have [been] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must have been closer friends than I recall , for as I go through my library 40 years later , I find quite a number of splendid books inscribed ‘ in friendship ’ from Andrew in his scrawling hand , including Henrik van Loon 's ‘ Book of Lives ’ , ‘ One Men 's Meat ’ by E.B. White , ‘ Women in Love ’ by D.H . |
| 2 | Although the nature of the vagotomies surveyes in these reports is not stated , the follow up period is such that they must have been truncal vagotomies . |
| 3 | I imagined they must have been bold generals like Arsenio and Osvaldo , pathfinders like X. Ray , stalwarts like the Corporal , boys as eager and facile as my woodchucks . |
| 4 | The walls covered with pictures , others on tables , and portfolios of different sizes all round the room , they must have been full shows . |
| 5 | Some of these straight orthocone nautiloids achieve considerable dimensions , several metres long , and they must have been formidable predators on the other marine animals of the time . |
| 6 | Although my father was six foot two , Geoffrey Archer seemed a real giant ; he must have been six foot four and broad in proportion , but he was a kind giant , having an instinctive sympathy with small boys . |
| 7 | He must have been six foot four , with a frame to match . |
| 8 | It is the singular most difficult shot in golf — he must have been 50 yards from the pin with a soft lie and he had all the trap to clear . |
| 9 | We moved to Somerset and I saw nothing of Matt for — I do n't know — it must 've been sixteen years I suppose . |
| 10 | It must 've been fifteen foot at least up in the air teetering on a top branch . |
| 11 | D' you remember I showed you a manuscript — it must 've been some years ago , now — purporting to be by some mariner who remembered an English cargo boat having gone down between us , here at Møn , and Malmo — during the First Schleswig War ? |
| 12 | It seemed that the all-pervading light was weakening : it must have been late afternoon . |
| 13 | The thing — it must have been five metres across — rippled its flanges invitingly and eased right to where we stood . |
| 14 | And she went on a party of three , no , no , she went with a party of four friends I think , there were five of them altogether and er she stayed for well er , three nights , four days , or four days , three nights I ca n't remember no , it must have been four days , four nights , three days . |
| 15 | I admire them for being able to sit there in front of everybody and say they actually , what they 've been through because it must have been sheer hell er , trying to come off and withdrawal symptoms , I mean , I do n't know much about it cos I 've never taken well I smoke |
| 16 | It must have been two month old . |
| 17 | ‘ It must have been one hell of a party . |
| 18 | It must have been dull touring around Britain after Broadway but she knew of no alternative . |
| 19 | It must , it must have been absolute arm and a leg . |
| 20 | It must have been that day or the next , Adam thought , that he or one of them , surely he , had first suggested the commune idea . |
| 21 | An uncommonly good lunch it must have been that day . |
| 22 | Others said it must have been that girl who worked here , the one who was the German officer 's mistress , she knew everything that was going on around here . |
| 23 | It must have been six months ago , when he started stealing money from his uncle . ’ |
| 24 | When the guard learned what had happened , he simply laughed and said that it must have been old Humphrey . |
| 25 | Not a mark on him so it must have been natural causes ; anyway it would seem that he comes back to his old home or sort of stamping ground . |
| 26 | ‘ It must have been some idea the architect had . |
| 27 | It must have been Good it must have been some sort of carbonate , and the salt that was formed was from the hydrochloric acid was calcium chloride , so it must have been ? |
| 28 | I think it must have been some sort of |
| 29 | I was surprised to see that the recording venue was good old Abbey Road Studios : there is such a prominent background rumble that I had assumed it must have been some city church . |
| 30 | It must have been some time after we had last met . |