Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] must [vb infin] " in BNC.

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31 I decided I must go up to Addis Ababa and try to get permission to start again , but I had little hope of succeeding .
32 I decided I must check with the local post office that the telegram had really been put into Barrymore 's own hands .
33 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 .
34 Having hit a bad patch , financially , I decided I must try for some paid work with my knitting machine .
35 I decided I must try to find the man who had been watching us .
36 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 .
37 She decided she must go and tell someone about what she had seen — but who ?
38 Reluctantly she decided she must see it through , for Peter , and in some way for herself — she had to prove to herself that she could come face to face with Marc again and survive the ordeal .
39 They were not going to fight any more , and we decided we must leave them on the island .
40 ‘ Why , my lord , when we were left alone — and I think if they had not been in such haste to move on they would not have left a man of us alive to tell the tale — we first tended the worst hurt , and took counsel , and decided we must take the news on to Ramsey , and also back here to Shrewsbury .
41 ‘ ( 1 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods less than he contracted to sell , the buyer may reject them , but if the buyer accepts the goods so delivered he must pay for them at the contract rate .
42 ( 3 ) Where the seller delivers to the buyer a quantity of goods larger than he contracted to sell and the buyer accepts the whole of the goods so delivered he must pay for them at the contract rate .
43 William , who was already bored by court life in London and still found spoken English hard to follow , decided he must go to Ireland and take command in person .
44 Charles decided he must talk to her when the opportunity arose .
45 He felt the challenge again , and decided he must leave .
46 It was n't a suggestion but a statement of fact , and privately Robbie decided he must know some very unpleasant women .
47 When one of the fattest hailed him when he was out shopping he decided he must disassociate himself from that crowd .
48 Crawford had lost so much confidence before taking on the play that he decided he must live the part and put everything into it .
49 Although the opening batsman from Middlesbrough reported fit yesterday morning and had a net in anticipation of batting in Durham 's first innings , skipper David Graveney immediately decided he must heed his GP 's advice .
50 Although the opening batsman from Middlesbrough reported fit yesterday morning , and had a net in anticipation of batting in Durham 's first innings , skipper David Graveney immediately decided he must heed his GP 's advice .
51 He was not wearing wellingtons , just his working boots , but he decided he must have a look .
52 It was only when I did n't , and we 'd been making love without contraceptives for months and months , that I decided he must have been right . ’
53 She turned slowly to give him a long , searching look and decided he must have become expert at keeping his emotions on a tight rein .
54 Then , in addition , it decided it must limit local authorities ' powers to go on increasing local rates .
55 At the beginning of 1991 British Airways decided it must reduce its workforce by 4500 within six months .
56 Some people swore it must have been someone in the Martin family .
57 When they were all sitting cross-legged in the corridor , huddled in their blankets , staring wide-eyed at the two tough looking armed figures he realised they must present , Grant called in one last time to Springfield .
58 He realised they must have been in the accident .
59 The EABA did not want the British fighters eliminating other nations ’ boxers , so ruled they must meet each other first before the survivor boxes against other European nations .
60 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 . ’
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