Example sentences of "[pron] must [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But much latelier , in the private academies of Italy , wither I was favoured to resort , perceiving that some trifles which I had in memory , composed at under twenty or thereabouts , for the manner is that everyone must give some proof of his wit a reading there , met with acceptance above what was looked for , and other things which I had shifted in scarcity of books and conveniences to patch up amongst them , were received with written incomience which the Italian is not forward to bestow on men of this side the Alps . |
| 2 | She held Xanthe at arm 's length , to look at her , and revolved her , almost prancing to distract attention from herself , and exclaimed , ‘ Everyone must say this , but you look amazing . ’ |
| 3 | Any course of action such as I have suggested is fraught with difficulty , and everyone must recognise that . |
| 4 | I mean I know there 's always an argument , especially here in Oxford , that people just come , look round the colleges and they 're gone again , but having said that some of them must spend some money . |
| 5 | She 'll want at least another three watch-keepers , and preferably two of them must understand celestial navigation . |
| 6 | Ahead of me was an elliptical circle of maybe twenty people , the combined ages of whom must have seventy score and ten . |
| 7 | And nothing must threaten this sacred duty . |
| 8 | In the correct use of time , nothing must remain idle or useless : everything must be called upon to form the support of the act required . " |
| 9 | And nothing must spoil that … ’ |
| 10 | Nothing must smash this cloud-cuckoo world . |
| 11 | I must gather some . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I must finish this letter . |
| 13 | ‘ You go on , ’ he said when she interrupted him , ‘ I must finish this . ’ |
| 14 | I must finish this letter , she thought . |
| 15 | You insisted I must wear this to dine , and I am certainly not going to change again now . |
| 16 | I must emphasize this , since the point has been misunderstood . |
| 17 | And I think I must conclude that , in spite of the well-established format , something is going seriously wrong here . |
| 18 | Even now I feel I must modify this by saying that technically I am a brilliant driver , handicapped only by having a 100mph temperament coupled with 5mph eyesight . |
| 19 | And before I go on I must set one thing straight . |
| 20 | I did n't like this town when I first came to it , and … and I must whisper this , I did n't care much for him either , for his deaf-aid makes him believe that everybody else is deaf . ’ |
| 21 | I must stop yawning . |
| 22 | I must stop this , she thought , Conrad 's getting drunk : I must be careful for him . |
| 23 | I 'm an older woman , she thought , I must stop this . |
| 24 | I AM a fan and an observer of dogs and before the avalanche descends on me I must shout that , like Chris Joyce , our US Editor , I am well aware of the case against dogs but also know that the relationship is to human advantage rather than the other way round . |
| 25 | I must express some surprise that such a notion should have prevailed . |
| 26 | I congratulate Yarrow on its good fortune in securing a contract for three ships at once , but I must express some dismay on behalf of Vosper Thornycroft , Southampton , which has built many naval ships in the past . |
| 27 | You 've got to get your casualty from the cause , but make sure it 's safe for you , now if it is a , a place where you 've got to get your casualty out and you have n't got a lifeline and I must express this really that there must be two of you and if you are going in you only go in if you think it is safe to go in and you must have a line attached to you and there 's somebody outside , so that if you do get erm overcome by fumes or whatever , they can pull you out , you are safe , they 'll see to you , if there is no hope , you do n't try to be the hero , what you do is go and make a phone call and get the professionals in , because they do n't want to come along and have to deal with two casualties , when there 's only one . |
| 28 | I must stand firm before my lord of Gloucester — on the morrow , I shall myself command the release of my most loyal advisers . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I must confess all my mistakes to you ! ’ she said , trying to keep her words light . |
| 30 | HaYing said all this I must confess that , because there is so much uncertainty in the calculations , if a chemist did succeed in creating spontaneous life I would not actually be disconcerted ! |