Example sentences of "must have been [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Florian stopped his theatrically narrow-eyed scrutiny of Maria and grinned at Luke , who must have been telling the truth because he was all attention , no less than riveted . |
| 2 | He must have been given the stuff in his food . ’ |
| 3 | At that moment , Willie Aitchison , Lee Trevino 's faithful caddie , must have been thinking the reverse . |
| 4 | At this time , the earl , must have been nearing the end of his distinguished career . |
| 5 | Her mother must have been watching the quayside from her terrace , Caroline realised with a jolt . |
| 6 | Doubtless with his tongue in his cheek , Bedford replied : ‘ But Mr. Lampson , you must have been opening the book . ’ |
| 7 | He had wondered how the KGB would react to the Reznichenko Memorandum ; now he saw they must have been analysing the pattern long before it had occurred to him . |