Example sentences of "[pers pn] must have [been] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time it must be remembered that the occupations of a quarter of the inhabitants were not stated ; some of them must have been farmers , and it is quite conceivable that many of the omissions were the result of uncertainty as to whether or not to class the persons in question as agricultural or industrial . |
| 2 | According to Eadmer there were over sixty in about 1080 , and a high proportion of them must have been Englishmen of the old foundation . |
| 3 | We sipped them gratefully , but I must have been miles away , for Mr Johnson said , ‘ Daydreaming , eh ? ’ |
| 4 | I must have been spot on his wavelength for I never left the quiet room after one of his healings without a sense , almost of VROOOOM ! |
| 5 | I do n't , you must have been miles away this morning . |
| 6 | Badgers have got a name for being vicious creatures , but Teka has taken to people so well Maggie thinks she must have been hand reared from birth . |
| 7 | We must have been fules , you see , to have took all that trouble to level our things up ! ’ |
| 8 | They must have been sleepers . |
| 9 | Then a police car pulled in behind , then another one , and four lovely bobbies got out and told the Americans — well , they must have been Americans , and huge they were — to put their guns away or be disarmed . |
| 10 | In his early days , he must have been hell to tie down . |
| 11 | He must have been fishing . |
| 12 | During interviews he denied all knowledge of how the fire started but investigators said he must have been awarethat Bailey had confessed to his wife . |
| 13 | Er , I think really it must 've been thrift . |
| 14 | ‘ It must 've been Helga . |
| 15 | If anyone had committed murder on the lonely turnoff from the M4 , it must have been Marius . |
| 16 | This was particularly sad , considering that it must have been Walpole whom she idolized and wanted to imitate , for it was he who built Strawberry Hill . |
| 17 | It must have been reference for Jenny to be |
| 18 | ‘ It must have been agony having all those things ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ It must have been Sam . |
| 20 | that they did n't enjoy it and therefore it must have been rape cos they did n't wa they did n't like it . |
| 21 | Well it , it must have been heart trouble the earliest memory I have of that is mother sending me with a neighbour out of Street , a Mrs , to tell my Aunt Lucy which was my dad 's sister , who lived in Street house , house was right opposite their gateway , now Aunt Lucy and there was er her family she w married a fella in and her daughter , her son and me uncle was my dad 's brother , I lived in the house with her , but er I remember tagging this Mrs from the Street down to Street along road and past the hospital , then along Walk and I up in Street , and er tagging Mrs and er Mrs had never met Aunt Lucy and er me Aunt Lucy suffered , what in those days they call it white leg , a woman 's complaint she was bedridden and er when we went in she must have asked why we were there , Mrs was a little bit flabbergasted and I blurted it out oh me dad 's dead , and me Aunt Lucy nearly went into hysterics , so that 's , that 's all I can manage I remember about that . |
| 22 | ‘ I thought at first it must have been Ivy Cook , ’ Zen went on . |
| 23 | ‘ Then it must have been holiday-makers out for a walk , ’ said Betty . |
| 24 | Yeah , I said yeah I am , I said I 'm gon na drive up and see , so we got in , went up to Wendy 's , you could n't see through the door Pen , Penny and Kev said well we 'll drive round as well , I said well she 's had us up and down , cos one minute she was quite strong then the next she could n't cope , I said Wendy all I want you to ever know is that I 'm there , if ever you want me phone me , I do n't care whether it 's middle of the night , middle of the morning or whatever , so she says alright , anyway Penny went up , she said she could n't see anything she thinks she 's gone a bed and then me and Rudy went up , it must have been quarter to one cos I took him for a little walk and I got out the car and walked round the back and then , I could see her curtains were open and I could see a light on , so I went round the front and I shouted through the letter box , Wen it 's only me I 've come to wish you a happy new year , let's hope next year will be better than this one and she come to the door and she was broken hearted |
| 25 | ‘ It 's funny that after all these years I still have n't forgotten what I 've been taught — so it must have been money well spent . ’ |
| 26 | ROS : ( At edge of stage ) It must have been thunder . |
| 27 | It must have been Czechoslovakia . |
| 28 | It must have been Maru 's 0 for 61 at Canterbury in the NatWest two days earlier which swung things in favour of Jon Ayling . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , it must have been Jos then , ’ Mungo concluded . |
| 30 | His rounds took him to most parts of the building and Rain was eagerly accepting that it must have been Stan on the second floor making her jumpy when he mentioned that since the murder he did not go into MacQuillan 's room or those next to it because the police were usually there . |