Example sentences of "must [verb] been a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought it must have been a road block because one said to the other : ‘ Go for it ’ and they speeded up . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It must have been a lightning strike . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | At one time it must have been a waiting room for clients . |
| 6 | Joseph must have been a country boy . |
| 7 | But there must have been a Palace revolution at half time . |
| 8 | They must have been on to her or somebody 's given her away , one or t' other , 'cos it must have been a set-up cop . |
| 9 | Adjusting to her style of leadership must have been a learning process for not only the maintenance man . |
| 10 | I 'm not suggesting that legislators woke up one morning and said : ‘ We must abolish slavery ! ’ or ‘ Bear baiting must cease ! ’ , but for the position to have changed from tacit acceptance to wholesale condemnation , there must have been a fulcrum point when the arguments tipped decidedly in one direction . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Must have been a shadow distortion … ’ |
| 13 | I imagine it must have been a cypress tree since they prune the lower branches leaving a swordlike edge sticking up . |
| 14 | She had , after all , a wedding ring on her finger , so there must have been a Mr Salt . |