Example sentences of "[vb past] it must [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The man who used it must have thought so . ’ |
| 2 | I assumed it must have been Eric calling . |
| 3 | We reckoned it must have been the ‘ reason for our visit ’ on our visa — to visit the Crown Prince Abdullah Abdul Aziz . |
| 4 | She reckoned it must take all of eight or nine metric minutes per person . |
| 5 | Then , in addition , it decided it must limit local authorities ' powers to go on increasing local rates . |
| 6 | At the beginning of 1991 British Airways decided it must reduce its workforce by 4500 within six months . |
| 7 | Some people swore it must have been someone in the Martin family . |
| 8 | The world felt it must act . |
| 9 | She knew it must hurt her mother thinking that her only daughter was living with a man , a man , moreover , that she did n't like . |
| 10 | He only knew it must contain documents of great corporate sensitivity since it could not be mailed or faxed , or sent by commercial courier pouch . |
| 11 | For a second she imagined that she detected a bleary look within his own eyes — and she knew it must match her own — but then it was gone as fast as summer lightning and she shivered beneath the old familiar expression , that brooding , storm-filled one that she knew boded no good to her . |
| 12 | There was no one in the village who would own such a pet and the Lady Prioress is quite strict with her community on that , so I knew it must belong to the young woman who had been murdered . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I knew it must have been something like that . ’ |
| 14 | I thought it must have knocked itself so I treated with Curazin . |
| 15 | My sister thought it must have been a mistake , and kept the pound notes in case he came back for them . |
| 16 | The house was more modern than she had expected — at a guess , she thought it must have been built between the wars . |
| 17 | ‘ I thought it must have been a road block because one said to the other : ‘ Go for it ’ and they speeded up . |
| 18 | I thought it must have been . |
| 19 | She began to wave to a seat , but stopped herself — she realised it must look grimy to them as well . |
| 20 | Mm yeah and apart from that the bloke that sold it must have known cos he |
| 21 | Of the pin placing at the 466-yard ninth , where the 144-strong field were a collective 114 over par , Woosnam said : ‘ Whoever did it must have been born with a spanner in his head . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Whoever did it must have been aiming at her head but thankfully they missed . |
| 23 | Rosalind said it must go tonight , and she gave me three pence for a lolly to stamp it and post it . ’ |
| 24 | L.G. said it must have been sent by someone in the audience who could write shorthand . |
| 25 | All well we all said it must have been a quick job . |
| 26 | Others said it must have been that girl who worked here , the one who was the German officer 's mistress , she knew everything that was going on around here . |
| 27 | The linesman said it must have been accidental , because Linighan looked so ‘ surprised ’ . |
| 28 | We said it must have been the worst ever experience . |
| 29 | I says c how could I ever forget it , I said it must have been near halloween , one halloween , for I remember her coming to the party and that 's how her and Richard met . |
| 30 | I think he must have eaten a lot of it , though if it tasted anything like it smelt it must have been vile . |