Example sentences of "it must [verb] be [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We moved to Somerset and I saw nothing of Matt for — I do n't know — it must 've been sixteen years I suppose . |
| 2 | It must 've been fifteen foot at least up in the air teetering on a top branch . |
| 3 | The thing — it must have been five metres across — rippled its flanges invitingly and eased right to where we stood . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | It must have been two month old . |
| 6 | ‘ It must have been one hell of a party . |
| 7 | It must have been six months ago , when he started stealing money from his uncle . ’ |
| 8 | There was a heel-bone , in particular , which Dr Macleod said was such , that if the foot was in proportion , it must have been twenty-seven inches long . |
| 9 | On we went , it must have been three hours by now . |
| 10 | I 'd been teaching in Preston it must have been three years then , and when I read that book I suddenly realized I knew nothing about Lancashire at all — not the real Lancashire . |