Example sentences of "[pron] must [verb] have a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If it was Monday morning , I must have had a skinful the night before .
2 I must have had a fight every two days , ’ he said .
3 I must have had a death wish choosing that .
4 Someone must have had a word with the band about their playing after the last tour and subsequent departure from east west Records because this show as a 200pc better affair .
5 Lavenham , which must have had a population approaching 1,000 and ranked as one of the dozen or so richest towns in the kingdom , went into decline following the death of the great clothier Thomas Spring in 1523 .
6 Or ‘ In the old days you had no government but you collected taxes from passers-by : you must have had a treasury ? ’
7 You must have had a reason . ’
8 So assuming it was n't bad manners or simply an oversight , you must have had a reason . ’
9 You must have had a reason .
10 From the length of it , she must have had a truck waiting outside the check-out .
11 She must have had a life apart from what we know about and she 's living it , ’ she concluded , lamely .
12 She must have had a posting , or else obtained her demob while I was still at Binbrook , because I have a distinct memory of Sheila hammering nails into this crate before despatching it to her new destination , and scornfully refusing all help from J. , who was standing by with the hammer and nails .
13 No they must have had a cylinder there already .
14 ‘ I thought they must have had a quarrel , ’ Brand said , and I had the impression he was n't heartbroken about it . ’
15 I think they must have had a bleeper on my car ; I never checked , and they 'd have taken it away when they caught up — damn it , it 's what I 'd have done : a simple radio bleeper with a magnet , you can stick it on in two seconds .
16 Henry could not quite work out why , since her pleasantness was not always followed by a request for money or some other favour ; perhaps she was remembering something he had quite forgotten , an incident during their courtship perhaps ( they must have had a courtship ) or a Henry , now lost to Henry himself , who could have inspired feelings such as pleasure .
17 They must have had a lot of replies , ’ said Penelope .
18 Well they must have had a lot of bottle .
19 They must have had a key , then ! ’
20 ‘ If somebody killed him they must have had a motive , but what ?
21 ‘ It looks as if he must have had a run-in with a few trees finding his way home that night .
22 He must have had a hand in Lady Eleanor 's death .
23 He must have had a reason . ’
24 Referees and opponents who have crossed Souness during this dreadful Anfield season swear he must have had a humour and charisma bypass at the same time .
25 we know he must have had a father , from our knowledge of the world , but we did not know what he was .
26 He must have had a job .
27 Well it must have had a split in or something .
28 I ca n't be sure what my face looked like when I opened it and saw Maureen on the doorstep , but I imagine it must have had a grin on it from ear to ear .
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