Example sentences of "[vb past] i must [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I knew it was n't going to be easy , as it was so very much his world , but I realized I must do it soon , because the longer I delayed , the longer I felt I would go on doing so — like facing up to the ashes . |
| 2 | They sent me to Cambridge for a couple of terms — that 's where I first realized I must run — I do n't want to blaspheme about one of your famous institutions so I sha n't tell you the name of my college though you 're longing to know — the girls in their bed-sitters , the cocoa-drinking , the tittle-tattle , the atmosphere of heartiness or domesticity in the combination-room — But , my dear , it must be getting late and here I am telling you things that you know as well as I do . ’ |
| 3 | I found I must die . ’ |
| 4 | I would n't have omitted him three hours before , but now it seemed I must face up to the situation as it was without him . |
| 5 | I decided I must go up to Addis Ababa and try to get permission to start again , but I had little hope of succeeding . |
| 6 | I decided I must check with the local post office that the telegram had really been put into Barrymore 's own hands . |
| 7 | I decided I must face the truth about this the other night when I swerved fiercely on country road to avoid a scuba diver riding a moped . |
| 8 | Having hit a bad patch , financially , I decided I must try for some paid work with my knitting machine . |
| 9 | I decided I must try to find the man who had been watching us . |
| 10 | It was at this moment that I decided I must learn to dance , so that I could stay on at the pensione instead of roaming about . |
| 11 | She continued : ‘ I am 70 years old but I felt I must make this sacrifice for them , even though the constraints on me in the future are very great . ’ |
| 12 | I have just read Kate Westwood 's letter in the February 92 issue of your magazine and the tone of it really saddened me so I felt I must reply . |
| 13 | When I read in my newspaper that Spurn Head could well tumble into the sea at any moment , given a sufficiently powerful gale , I felt I must visit the place quickly before it did so , before great waves breached its narrowness and destroyed it — yet again . |
| 14 | He had also told me that any German who came his way would ‘ get it , ’ so I felt I must do likewise in hospital . |
| 15 | Because I felt I must talk to someone . |
| 16 | I felt I must congratulate you on your recent issue featuring a wonderful picture of doggie megamum Poppy and her beautiful litter of puppies . |
| 17 | So perhaps I felt I must tell you all this , now , before I know you better , so that I can tell it you without too much confusion . |
| 18 | ‘ My husband and I have recently returned from our holiday in Czechoslovakia and felt I must write to say how much we enjoyed it . |
| 19 | ‘ We returned from our holiday in Hungary and I felt I must write to you . |
| 20 | After reading your December/January issue of Tennis World , I felt I must write to thank you for the article entitled ‘ Agassi — A Coach 's Dream ’ . |
| 21 | Before taking Magwitch abroad , I felt I must see both Estella and Miss Havisham . |
| 22 | Well , you roused my interest of course ; but also I panicked , felt I must follow on from you . |
| 23 | I felt I must keep a very firm hold on myself if I were not to lose control altogether . |
| 24 | At last I felt I must take action , and I went to the Establishment Branch to ask for a transfer . |
| 25 | You insisted I must wear this to dine , and I am certainly not going to change again now . |
| 26 | In the Cathedral and afterwards on a quiet walk outside , I knew I must go back to the hospital . |
| 27 | I knew I must talk with her again , but at that moment I was content to have used the words of the last of the great desert explorers . |
| 28 | And so I knew I must do this now . |
| 29 | I knew I must leave him alone . |
| 30 | I wanted so much to go into the house and be with them , but I knew I must stay in the hut . |