Example sentences of "must [verb] been [art] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That must have been a one off . |
| 2 | The place was heaving when we arrived ; there must have been a thousand people squashed into the confines of the Blue Angel club , all waiting to do three minutes for Les Cox and his production team , sitting invisibly beyond the strong footlights on the small stage . |
| 3 | There must have been a hundred of them — three flocks together — scrabbling over the stones , stretching out their necks and bleating . |
| 4 | She must have been a hundred miles away , she realised , trying to get her thoughts together . |
| 5 | And there must have been a hundred copies of a pamphlet on the campaign against street trading in animals . |
| 6 | We reckon there must have been a hundred at the meal . |
| 7 | There must have been a dozen rotundas , each displaying blow-ups of contemporary newspaper clippings , photographs , posters , etc . |
| 8 | We lay side by side on the floor all over the house — there must have been a dozen or more of us , including nice old Ma Mi who was delighted to see us . |
| 9 | It must have been a dozen years since they were last used . |
| 10 | There must have been a dozen people seated round the huge polished table , but she barely noticed any one of them as she opened the door and was confronted by the sight of Luke Calder . |
| 11 | To his absolute delight the first trap had held what must have been a seven pound salmon , plus a couple of mullet which he had ignored . |
| 12 | It must have been a million-to-one chance for him to hit the car right in the middle . ’ |
| 13 | They went up to Scotland for your christening , 'eighty-three , it must have been no 'eighty-four , and when they came down south again , they came to my office and the wills were drawn up . ’ |
| 14 | Must have been the thirties . |
| 15 | The train Stratton must have caught — said he 'd caught — must have been the 16.20 from Paddington , arriving at Didcot 17.10 , and Oxford 17.29 . |
| 16 | Well so I went and then they came on the Friday night it must have been the twenty twenty fifth of July ninete nineteen thirty . |