Example sentences of "must have [verb] a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to have it taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed , but my Nico never hesitated . |
| 2 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to build , ’ said Maud . |
| 3 | Individually or collectively , they must have made a decision to keep their wits about them for the committee meeting . |
| 4 | Hank must have done a robbery to have so much money — he must have — there had been one or two bad ones recently — a Chinese grocer had been shot to death , in one instance . |
| 5 | Nick had his sunglasses on , he must have looked a bit touched . |
| 6 | You must have opened a file using OPENOUT , OPENIN or OPENUP before you use this statement . |
| 7 | Before you use this statement , you must have opened a file using OPENOUT or OPENUP . |
| 8 | The death in 1823 of his father and in 1824 of his brother Charles ( who bequeathed his estate to Hollingworth ) must have prompted a desire to return to England . |
| 9 | From the length of it , she must have had a truck waiting outside the check-out . |
| 10 | The Waldron City Herald night editor must have had a fit trying to decide which one got the three inch banner . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And Mrs Metcalfe , of Ascot View , in Redhall , Darlington , said the burglars must have used a key to get in . |
| 13 | She must have taken a knife to push the cord through , she said , there was hardly any room for it . |