Example sentences of "must have [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ If they were foreigners , ’ he said slowly , ‘ they must have obtained a royal licence to enter England . |
| 32 | The proviso of the key must have raised a few eyebrows . |
| 33 | It was a strange situation , which must have made a lasting impression on Richard , who was more than usually close to his mother . |
| 34 | Timmy must have made a wrong move , drew attention to himself . ’ |
| 35 | She must have made a huge error in giving change somewhere along the line and she felt defeated . |
| 36 | He must have made a little joke . |
| 37 | As for the library , the surviving books without a proper building to house them must have made a dismal appearance . |
| 38 | He must have waved a thousand times , and it was barely ten o'clock . |
| 39 | Erm , that that that that is a point where the discovery in itself , must have given a great deal of pleasure to a a er a number of people who 've been involved in the , in the research . |
| 40 | They must have done a good job and not over ‘ humanised ’ her because her introduction to the chimp group was problem-free . |
| 41 | Although there was never a great deal of action , at one time the firm must have done a fair trade as old Mr. Talbot was reputed to be a very wealthy man . |
| 42 | It must have done an awful lot of damage everywhere else too . |
| 43 | I 've been family member for twelve years and must have seen a thousand children , and of those , barely fifty had both their natural mother and father ! |
| 44 | She must have seen a few sights in her time . ’ |
| 45 | The crowd 's response to his resilient 6–4 , 7–5 , 6–4 defeat of a totally overawed Sampras , in his David Cup debut , plus their even greater support as he and Forget beat Ken Flach and the hapless Robert Seguso 6–1 , 6–4 , 4–6 , 6–2 , with flurries of brilliant winners in the doubles , must have gone a long way to at least dimming the memory of the cruel booing he received in 1988 when he struggled against Mats Wilander at Roland Garros in the final of the French Open and then again at Bercy the following November . |
| 46 | Even so , the sequence of events remains rapid and Eorpwald 's death must have constituted a serious threat to Eadwine 's position south of the Humber . |
| 47 | He must have questioned a hundred people but none could remember seeing the green car . |
| 48 | Minutes later , when Grant estimated he must have covered a good quarter of a mile , he again saw a grey wall barring his passage in the torch beam up ahead . |
| 49 | It was about five miles round and must have resembled a spinning top , floating above this anonymous planet . |
| 50 | Yes , Yes , Yes : - ) I must have formed a mental block on the exact details due to the severe trauma involved ! |
| 51 | Someone up there must have wagered a few bob on them for another Grand Slam . |
| 52 | In this context Cuba , with its exceptionally high dependence on imported oil ( which accounts for approaching two-thirds of the island 's total energy consumption ) and its sophisticated modern refining capacity ( installed by Shell , Esso and Texaco ) , must have looked a promising market for Soviet oil . |
| 53 | It must have looked a beautiful sight ! |
| 54 | We must have looked a comical sight in those days : a boy and a bird ‘ dancing ’ up the road — two steps , stop , turn , two steps , turn , stop … |
| 55 | We must have looked an odd bunch to any passing motorist catching us in his headlights . |
| 56 | THE DISTRIBUTION of personal property gives the most comprehensive overview of the wealth of the English people in the sixteenth century , because almost everybody must have owned a certain amount of goods and chattels , and , as required , a value was assigned to ‘ every man 's substance ’ , if only a few shillings — commonly reduced to a curt ‘ nil ’ — representing the clothes on their backs and other personal effects . |
| 57 | It must have seemed a heaven-sent opportunity with Mrs Figgis-Hewett shouting about breach of promise — if heaven sent is the word , ’ added Rose hastily , ‘ and our Mr Pipkin shouting about his rights . ’ |
| 58 | But on a rainy March afternoon in 1988 it must have seemed a million miles from home . |
| 59 | Mr Cubbage must have seemed a good catch with his fine house , handsome looks and with his obvious wealth . |
| 60 | ‘ I was saying that it must have seemed a terrible invasion of your privacy to find a pair of binoculars locked on your deck earlier . ’ |