Example sentences of "must [verb] been a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | There must 've been a little bit of snow |
2 | Aesop must have been a keen observer of natural animal rhythms . |
3 | He must have been a strong contender for the Best Supporting Actor Oscar but then again , the history of the academy awards is littered with the words ‘ if only … ’ |
4 | Little is known of the inhabitants of the old manor house with its interesting architecture in the centre of the village , but the oddly named Hanging Grimston is within the parish , and here the Bouchier family lived in what must have been a grand castle with cottages nearby , and owned much land . |
5 | It must have been a terrible ordeal . |
6 | ‘ It must have been a terrible shock . |
7 | ‘ It must have been a terrible shock for you … ’ |
8 | ‘ Finding your friend 's body must have been a terrible shock for you , ’ he said . |
9 | ‘ It must have been a terrible shock , when she left , I mean . ’ |
10 | It must have been a terrible experience to see the meal vanish before their eyes — one that Dad never forgot . |
11 | ‘ It must have been a terrible experience , at her age . |
12 | Quite often operations could be cancelled at the last moment owing to worsening weather conditions , and this must have been a terrible let-down for them , after getting themselves keyed-up for yet another hectic night . |
13 | It must have been a savage attack ; Boswell had offended Johnson 's pride and held him up to ridicule ; now Johnson retaliated with such force that Boswell says , ‘ though I can bear such attacks as well as most men , I yet found myself so much the sport of all the company , that I would gladly expunge from my mind every trace of this severe retort . ’ |
14 | Although the royalists later alleged that the rebels had that morning received ‘ a double portion of oatmeal and whisky for incouragement ’ and that a ‘ graite many … that we took prisoners were drunk ’ , these must have been a fortunate minority , but everyone agrees that the prospect of action had had a reviving effect on even the hungriest and weariest . |
15 | Since living Nautilus does not have an ink sac , this must have been a protective device evolved at a later stage in cephalopod evolution . |
16 | Prior to this time it had to travel in cask and the resultant ‘ sparkling ’ wine must have been a sorry product , hardly an advertisement for its quality and reputation . |
17 | It has been plausibly argued that the cutting of the folds ( which is very shallow ) was done during a retouching of the colour ( something which must have been a regular operation ; on colour see below , p. 28 ) . |
18 | Well , the latter must have been a useful accomplishment in MI6 , likewise , fleetness of foot — he won a school race in 1950 . |
19 | He must have been a good bit older than her . |
20 | ‘ Better get moving , ’ he thought He stopped as he turned Had he imagined it , no , he was sure something had flashed in the moonlight It must have been a good quarter of a mile away , towards the middle of the estuary . |
21 | Gough Square was no backwater — Dr. Samuel Johnson had lived there a few years before — and a Gough Square lady must have been a good catch for an impecunious cheesemonger 's son . |
22 | Similarly Fawn Hall , asked by North to alter memoranda to conceal his work for the contras , remembered feeling uneasy : ‘ but I believe in Colonel North , and I know that there must have been a good reason why he was asking me to do this , and I — I did as I was told . ’ |
23 | There must have been a good reason for the same method was also in use at other coach works . |
24 | It was certainly the case that in the first centuries the example of Jesus must have been a tremendous model for living and for dying . |
25 | In the same period , Arthur Young , subsidized by the big landlords to promote agricultural improvement , put his finger on what must have been a general attitude , when he described cattle-stealers in the Lincolnshire fens : ‘ So wild a country nurses up a race of people as wild as the fen , and thus the morals and eternal welfare of numbers are hazarded and ruined for want of an inclosure . ’ |
26 | It must have been a strange experience for him , Rufus had thought , knowing he owned all sorts of things but not knowing quite what or where they were . |
27 | It must have been a strange sight in a land of Celtic war chiefs , dressed in Highland-type garb , to see the proud , aristocratic De Cuellar in fine Spanish attire , pulling a face as he sipped the O'Rourke potheen and thought of his native wine . |
28 | One of the keyboard concertos , K.246 in C major , was for the 26-year-old Countess Antonia Lutzow who , judging by the intricacy of the work , must have been a talented performer . |
29 | The general effect must have been a serious breaking-up of the great landed estates of Britain and their redistribution to absentee landlords , apart from those who preferred to move to Britain and take up residence . |
30 | It must have been a male tree for there was no sign of the drooping clusters of yellow fruit that female trees would now be bearing . |