Example sentences of "but there must [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 But there must have been other reactive effects which were more subtly marked than this and were concealed from the fieldworker .
2 Umpire Alley eventually warned Holding , but there must have been many Lancastrians who were sad to see Lloyd , on his home ground , do nothing about it .
3 But there must have been more than that , surely ? ’
4 I went calmly enough , but there must have been a suspicion of the trepidation that inevitably invests us at the sight of a hospital and the thought of entering it .
5 For example , his eyes were necessary for the finding of food and the locating of enemies , to name but two of many purely necessary functions , but there must have been a time when he first began to enjoy the visual beauty all around him .
6 But there must have been more to it than that .
7 There were no longer any grave differences of principle between him and the king , but there must have been many routine tasks after so long an absence , and these seem to have occupied the greater part of 1107 .
8 I could n't see much this afternoon , but there must have been at least one whole corps on that road .
9 But there must have been some word , ’ she said impatiently , ‘ some message . ’
10 There may have been cases where the acquisition of the wrappers conferred no direct benefit on the Nestle Co. , but there must have been many cases where it did .
11 But there must have been something before that … ? ’
12 But there must have been a Palace revolution at half time .
13 But there must have been other women during the past five years ? ’ she murmured anxiously .
14 But there must have been cases were n't there ?
15 Then a fortnight ago I had a cataract removed , but there must have been more to it than that , because not only am I startled by the brightness of things , but the vision in that eye is practically perfect , so I am not wearing glasses most of the time , though for faint or small print ( not piano music : hooray ) I shall have to get some more specs .
16 Then again , he talked with her because he longed to satisfy to meet her needs , as a human being she 'd aspiration , she 'd hope , she 'd desires and as she looked back on her life , some of them may have been fulfilled , some of her plans may have been realized , but there must have been an awful emptiness , and awful hollowness about so much .
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