Example sentences of "mean [pers pn] must [vb infin] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean you 're lucky to get that one mate , I mean you must have been , caught him on a real good day . |
| 2 | I mean she must have been in her seventies . |
| 3 | At that moment Lesley-Jane saw your face — she told me you ‘ looked over your shoulder at her ’ but I did n't at the time realise that meant you must have been facing away from the stage . |
| 4 | Birth dates are not given on marriage certificates , only ages , and his mother 's was there as twenty-five , which meant she must have been born in 1926 and have been twenty-seven when he was born . |
| 5 | But it was open , I mean it must have been fenced in some way later on . |
| 6 | But they had a new headmaster oh he 's just retired , he 's been there been there since Lynn was there when since she was since the er she 's twice that age so I mean he must have been there eighteen years but when he went there he 's er totally the school from the word go |
| 7 | Those two had a photo to watch for you coming off the plane — which means you must have been followed to Helsinki Airport . |
| 8 | ‘ Kiwis are nocturnal birds — so that means you must have been there at night . |
| 9 | ‘ The fact that Simon worshipped the ground you walked on means you must have been one hundred per cent certain that when you told him he 'd insist on marrying you — which he did — so what difference did that one day make to you ? ’ |
| 10 | This means they must have been capable of crawling onto the land , like the sole survivors today of such creatures , called the dipnoans , a type of fish with lungs which live in Africa , Australia and South America . |
| 11 | Even all the London press were raving about Leeds … which means they MUST have been good … okay , the team ; |
| 12 | Many far less valuable items were left untouched in the raid — which means it must have been a ‘ professional job , ’ say police . |