Example sentences of "must [verb] been [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and what they did , and you were there , and you must 've been listening , what they did , percent for people , they moved it up to Policy and Resources , Policy and Resources percent for people came around , Councillor spoke . |
| 2 | she must 've been holding it in because she did n't wan na wipe her bum with her hand and then you know it just burst out before she could get to the toilet . |
| 3 | And suddenly he remembered standing here , it was dark-green all around him , but the sky above was blue , the sun must 've been setting , it was quiet , just the creak of a tree , the whir of an insect 's wing , he 'd been standing motionless , as if in a trance , and then he heard a voice , his mother 's voice . |
| 4 | ‘ I think it must 've been hit by a car , ’ he said . |
| 5 | They 'd dived , you see , but eventually they had to surface — the air must 've been getting bad — and up they came , drew nearly alongside a German destroyer the pack had left behind when they called off the hunt , waiting there , just in case Taureg surfaced . |
| 6 | Drivers must 've been celebrating too . |
| 7 | No but it must 've been talking about youngsters having cars |
| 8 | I said , ‘ What I told you before — you were dreaming , you must 've been dreaming , you know . |
| 9 | Yeah he must 've been following her about . |
| 10 | I just love the way that kid must 've been standing out there for what , fifteen minutes ? |
| 11 | I must have been misguiding myself for a very long time Mr . |
| 12 | So what we know is that this must have been blocked up before this doorway was inserted , okay ? |
| 13 | Historians of the conservative tendency , in rejecting the claims of the leading historians of the popular reform movement , seem to be suggesting that it must have been over-reacting . |
| 14 | In Kentucky , Louisiana Maryland and Missouri , a separation order must have been obtained . |
| 15 | He remembered a swamp draining into a lagoon some distance to the right of the highway — the road must have been raised for him to have seen that distance . |
| 16 | This issue must have been raised before and BSM would presumably be gratified to see the situation successfully resolved , once and for all . |
| 17 | Since Childebert I is said to have acknowledged Gundovald 's claim to Merovingian blood , the issue must have been raised before 558 , perhaps long before . |
| 18 | I was speechless , but my brain must have been ticking loudly . |
| 19 | Eglaf held an English earldom , and any rebellion must have been forgiven , if he fled England after Cnut 's death as later Welsh chronicles say . |
| 20 | The Brougham milestone dates to AD 258–68 , so that the civitas must have been constituted by then . |
| 21 | Once upon a time a really powerful magic field must have been generated here , and we 're feeling the after-effects . ’ |
| 22 | But a further complicating factor is that Watling Street , in its latest phases , points directly to the medieval East Gate , strongly suggesting that here also lay the later Roman gate , most probably on a different site to that belonging to the early defences ; if this is so , then the ditch must have been bridged at the gate . |
| 23 | You must have been spoilt rotten Dennis Lotus , er singing with a band like Ted Heath . |
| 24 | Some of them must have been terrifying . |
| 25 | His journey from the unknown region must have been terrifying — a fragment of his soul , running the land but without benefit of flight or fin … and he came too soon … |
| 26 | ‘ It must have been terrifying . |
| 27 | The third time she saw it Allen was with her but he must have been looking in the wrong place , for he did n't see it although she did n't understand how that could be . |
| 28 | She must have been looking for me because a few seconds later she spotted me and came over . |
| 29 | He must have been looking for the keys . |
| 30 | Master Thomas said they must have been looking for people , not things , and thought you should be warned , so … ’ |