Example sentences of "must [verb] been [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the way Brian Harley is playing at the moment he must have been hoping to double that at least . ’ |
| 2 | I suppose I must have been intending to explain to Mr Farraday how I would thus be able to explore an option which might prove the ideal solution to our present small problems here in this house . |
| 3 | ‘ They must have been pushed to have put that in ! ’ she told him scornfully , although she was secretly pleased to see that the camera had been kind to her . |
| 4 | At our average age , many things inside us that had worked away uncomplaining for decades must have been getting worn out . |
| 5 | My contemporary interest in the case is in the argument that Parliament could not sensibly have intended to frame its enactment in these terms simply for the purpose of dealing with the rare and improbable case of a crooked solicitor and , therefore , the provision must have been intended to have some wider operation . |
| 6 | Siphoning money abroad in this way is a typical case to which the new legislation must have been intended to apply . |
| 7 | The truth is that I have this slight problem with my jaw It gets sort of locked sometimes and I think in that picture I must have been trying to loosen it up . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ This was what Gran must have been trying to tell me , poor darling . |
| 9 | In writing thus , Schoenberg must have been trying to hide the main defect in this kind of quartal harmony — its tendency to become over-obvious and mechanical . |
| 10 | He must have been trying to hide the feelings that the sight of Rocamar conjured up , for he himself had dubbed it a romantic dream — and the dream had failed . |
| 11 | The key which she must have been holding had fallen beside her . |
| 12 | And , damn it , yes : Daniel must have been killed to prevent the personation being discovered . ’ |
| 13 | You must have LIFESPAN Quality Assurer privilege to use this option and must have been selected to approve the package . |
| 14 | FACED with the need for a quick method of raising revenue , the Chancellor must have been tempted to look closely at the energy sector in finalising plans for tomorrow 's Budget . |
| 15 | The presumed parish coffin at St James , Garlickhythe , City of London , is , in fact , an elm container made in 1855 for the safekeeping of ‘ Jimmy Garlick ’ , the celebrated seventeenth-century desiccated corpse ; he was subsequently recased in the nineteenth century in a glass-fronted mahogany vitrine , erect rather than supine , at which time it must have been decided to keep the coffin rather than discard it . |
| 16 | Chlothild must have been determined to see the succession of her sons . |
| 17 | It must have been built to fill a space that was left after the five houses had been completed . |
| 18 | By the last race his face was so long viewers must have been rushing to adjust their sets . |
| 19 | Deano 's confidence must have been boosted getting the winner . |
| 20 | Given the small size of the balances they must have been used to weigh small quantities of a precious substance , but gold need not be the only material involved . |
| 21 | Police said a vehicle must have been used to carry away all the equipment and officers are asking anyone with information to contact them on Middlesbrough 326326 . |
| 22 | ‘ A motor vehicle must have been used to take some of this property . |
| 23 | A ladder must have been used to gain access when the mill was in use . |
| 24 | It had nothing to do with the fact that Ace Barton 's hard-won road to the top just proved to her how ruthless he must have been to have attained his ultimate goal . |
| 25 | It was true that the Simonova 's earthing crew had been slow to react — the more so since they must have been required to perform a similar task on both of the platforms which had been docked and inspected previously . |
| 26 | Anyway , Scano 's boy must have been going to see the gamekeeper at the villa . ’ |
| 27 | The lbw law states inter alia that the ball must have been going to hit the stumps . |
| 28 | Alternative ways of organising teaching and learning must have been introduced to replace the standard didactic pattern . |
| 29 | Although in fact ultra vires , taxing many men worth less than £2 on goods must have been considered justified by circumstances , for their numbers alone made them an important element in the local community . |
| 30 | The index varies considerably in size from year to year , and must have been trimmed to fit the space available ; the number of illustrations fell over time ; and the publisher changed . |