Example sentences of "must [verb] been [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Then you must have been to Paris before . " |
| 2 | If it is it must have been with croutons , since those lumpy floaters were n't there when the liquid-lunch-from-hell embarked on its inward journey . |
| 3 | Must have been for Gail then . |
| 4 | We have seen what a struggle it must have been for men in the late 18th century to keep body and soul together — how much worse , then , for their womenfolk . |
| 5 | He drew her close again and they fell silent , Rachel reflecting on how hard it must have been for David not to have told her what had really happened between himself and her sister , then another thought struck her . |
| 6 | She was only twenty when she was saddled with me , yet she never made me feel I was a drag , and heaven knows a kid sister must have been at times . ’ |
| 7 | It is strange therefore that the signal box instruments revealed it as clear , the signal must have been at green , or had a heavy weight been lying across the signal wire ? |
| 8 | Nathan must have been on deck all night . |
| 9 | It was n't long before I got caught shoplifting again so I was back on remand at Low Newton — I think I must have been on remand there about eight times . |
| 10 | The winner must have been beyond price . |
| 11 | Do you not agree that if God ever did say Let there be light he must have been over Norfolk at the time ? ’ |
| 12 | She had forgotten how fast he could move — he must have been off Chalon in seconds — but as soon as he hauled her to her feet Isabel began to struggle , swinging her free arm up . |
| 13 | You know , it is a pressure job and Terry must have been under pressure today because if we 'd have beaten them , then you know their season would have crumbled . |
| 14 | I told you I sleep in that chair , did n't I ? — It must have been about midnight because I 'd just watched this film and that did n't finish until half eleven . |
| 15 | Must have been about Monday , or Tuesday . |
| 16 | It must have been within inches of the goal because when Swift collected the deflection , he was running along his own goal-line for dear life . |
| 17 | The RSPCA contacted Dr Harris and his report concluded that the men must have been after badgers . |
| 18 | ‘ It must have been like Hell in here , ’ said Jimmy . |
| 19 | I says c how could I ever forget it , I said it must have been near halloween , one halloween , for I remember her coming to the party and that 's how her and Richard met . |
| 20 | I must have been in shock . |
| 21 | When they finally moved out their successors found the floor covered with six layers of linoleum — the bottom ones must have been in position for many a long year ! |
| 22 | If to this is added the domestic tensions occasioned by Offa 's determination to secure the succession of his son , Ecgfrith , it becomes clear how highly charged the political atmosphere must have been in Offa 's last years . |
| 23 | The seller must have been in possession of the goods or documents of title . |
| 24 | Since , as will be seen , Molla Fenari had almost certainly gone to Egypt for further study by that date , it follows that if Husameddin is right , it must have been in Amasya that Molla Fenari studied under Cemaleddin Aksarayi . |
| 25 | The reservations that Galileo 's rivals held about accepting phenomena such as the moons of Jupiter that Galileo had learnt to see must have been in part due , not to prejudice , but to genuine difficulties encountered when learning to ‘ see ’ through what were , after all , very crude telescopes . |
| 26 | He must have been in Mrs Wright 's house with Lee much longer than he 'd thought . |
| 27 | Some fairy must have been in love with your father . |
| 28 | Improbable as it was , he must have been in love with her . |
| 29 | She must have been in love with Ven even then without knowing it . |
| 30 | He must have been in town after all . |