Example sentences of "they must have [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They must 've got the idea from that , called Dave Tanner and got him to set you up … |
| 2 | They must have felt the need for a farmer 's almanac and so started to keep a tally of days , which they recorded with special symbols . |
| 3 | But they must have cost a lot |
| 4 | They must have heard a lot of wonderful music-making . |
| 5 | I said oh well they must have cut the film off there . |
| 6 | Individually or collectively , they must have made a decision to keep their wits about them for the committee meeting . |
| 7 | ‘ But they must have made a mistake — that ca n't possibly be right ! ’ |
| 8 | During their investigation they repeatedly told the family that they must have provoked the attack . |
| 9 | They must have wrecked the car to make sure that I understood they meant business . ’ |
| 10 | He bought all the most fantastic " unrealistic " fiction he could find and afford ; by the rules they must have hidden a clue away in it " somewhere . |
| 11 | I 've got a feeling for the number of empty sites they must have hammered the rents or the rates or something . |
| 12 | No they must have had a cylinder there already . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought they must have had a quarrel , ’ Brand said , and I had the impression he was n't heartbroken about it . ’ |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | ‘ They must have had a lot of replies , ’ said Penelope . |
| 17 | Well they must have had a lot of bottle . |
| 18 | They must have had a key , then ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ If somebody killed him they must have had a motive , but what ? |
| 20 | They must have had the house under surveillance , like . |
| 21 | Er yes , I s suspect they must have paid a lot of money to have that done too . |
| 22 | If anybody had seen me they must have thought the SAS was on exercise in the area . |
| 23 | In particular , they must have forgotten the acts of violence through which it came into being ; and to be a nation , its inhabitants have to have a will to be a nation . |
| 24 | Clare was , well , desirable to say the bloody least , and they must have spent a lot of time together writing speeches , or whatever it is politicians do . |
| 25 | They must have spent an hour sifting through letters , indentures and memoranda . |
| 26 | ‘ They must have known the women would be back . ’ |
| 27 | Having trouble with both these pens today , I left them in the car last night , I think they must have got a bit cold . |
| 28 | They must have got a rocket from manager , Brian Horton . |
| 29 | They must have got a piggy bank somewhere . |
| 30 | I say they must have got the knowledge from him somehow , by what manner of deception I know no more than you . |