Example sentences of "must have [be] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It must have been chasing a squirrel or something and fell into the hollow and could not get out again . ’ |
| 2 | But one of the offices in the area must have been undergoing a thorough make-over , because along with the garbage and a tangled mess of strip aluminium and ceiling tiles he found a number of office throwouts that included a desk lamp with about five yards of trailing flex . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I mean I had no idea that by doing ‘ I left no ring with her ’ by Viola I was doing something that must have been heard a hundred times that day — I had no idea . |
| 5 | She must have been given a lift home from school with someone 's dad , because there were two other girls in the car in green uniforms . |
| 6 | This film must have been given an ‘ A ’ certificate by the censors but adults were easily persuaded to ‘ take us in , please , mister . ’ |
| 7 | He must have been given the stuff in his food . ’ |
| 8 | Greek Intelligence must have been taking a more than passing interest in the activities of our friend Andropulos over a long period , years I would think . |
| 9 | ‘ Something is wrong , Fabia ? ’ he asked urgently , leaving his stance over by the French window where he must have been taking a look outside , to come over to her . |
| 10 | ‘ The Robemaker must have been taking the Trees for years . ’ |
| 11 | At that moment , Willie Aitchison , Lee Trevino 's faithful caddie , must have been thinking the reverse . |
| 12 | He must have been staggering a bit out there by the pool . |
| 13 | At this time , the earl , must have been nearing the end of his distinguished career . |
| 14 | Morpurgo must have been wearing the same tie the day she came to Tyler 's Hard . |
| 15 | It must have been said a thousand times in angling literature that location is the key to success and in zander fishing this was never more so . |
| 16 | If food 's got anything to do with it then I must have been eating the wrong way for the last 40 years . |
| 17 | On going into the line for the first time , Jubert 's colonel gave the officers of his regiment instructions that must have been repeated a thousand times at Verdun : |
| 18 | Her mother must have been watching the quayside from her terrace , Caroline realised with a jolt . |
| 19 | It must have been mailed a few days ago , with a second class stamp . |
| 20 | This scene must have been enacted every spring for several hundred million years . |
| 21 | ‘ Looking back , what he said is really strange , bearing in mind he must have been murdered a little while later . ’ |
| 22 | In the other the Lapith 's left hand must have been gripping the Centaur 's head ( lost ) while with his right he thrusts a weapon into the breast of the creature , who yet will not let go of his prize with either hand though with both hers she tugs at one . |
| 23 | Doubtless with his tongue in his cheek , Bedford replied : ‘ But Mr. Lampson , you must have been opening the book . ’ |
| 24 | If these are not the product of a Piltdown-type hoax , then either there must have been a source of jade somewhere in Europe or else the axes must have been brought an unimaginable distance from the Far East , a journey comparable in its way to that of the monoliths of Stonehenge . |
| 25 | He must have been playing the beastly thing for years . |
| 26 | At the vital moment of explanation , Harry must have been selecting the England cricket team on the back of his exercise book . |
| 27 | Neil Ruddock 's goal midway through the first half lit the fuse … and when Steve McManaman exploded a right footer just before half-time every Town fan must have been fearing the worst … |
| 28 | First , D must have been committing a crime . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ And somewhere , ’ Husband said , ‘ Mrs Howard must have been keeping a file on Gustav Eismark . |