Example sentences of "must have been [v-ing] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hon. Member for Dagenham must have been speaking out of turn at that time ; he has certainly been nobbled since . |
| 2 | ‘ Come on , ye had the opportunity , and after that extraordinary scene in the garden ye must have been bubblin' over with curiosity . ’ |
| 3 | This still lovely riverine landscape must have been settling down from its major reshaping when William Morris bought Kelmscott Manor in 1871 . |
| 4 | Only that she must have been holding out on him all these years , that she did have memories which she had covered up or , to give her the benefit of the doubt , conveniently forgotten about . |
| 5 | He must have been hiding out with Tanner , or gone round to scrounge a meal . ’ |
| 6 | All this head of steam must have been boiling up at the time of JTR 's visit and yet he seems not to have been aware of it . |
| 7 | We must have been going round like zombies . |
| 8 | The argument must have been going on for some time , although Lucien had been hardly aware of it . |
| 9 | It is a sort of cultural conflict which must have been going on in the husband 's mind . |