Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] must [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now I do n't know what they were worth and she was saying they must have been worth quite a bit cos they 're big detached solid houses are n't they ? |
| 32 | And before dawn Lachlan left with three galleys , and Hector went after him at mid-morning with two , saying he must prevent Lachlan harming the honour of the clan . |
| 33 | Berg responded by getting up too , saying he must go but popping in another question as he backed towards the door . |
| 34 | Isobel refused one , and watched him , knowing something was wrong , longing to speak , to burst out with her news , and knowing she must make herself wait . |
| 35 | Fenella , hardly daring to speak , but knowing she must raise her voice above the treadmills , said , ‘ Where is — ’ And saw his eyes smile , as if to say : he is not here for the moment . |
| 36 | She stayed in the shower as long as she dared , knowing she must get out soon but wanting to postpone the inevitable . |
| 37 | On opening the door the heat penetrated the heavy black coats but they managed to withstand it , knowing they must carry out their job . |
| 38 | With her heart thudding so loudly that she felt sure he must feel it through her ribcage , she took another gulp of tea and waited , knowing he must speak , explain somehow what it was that had suddenly flared between them again . |
| 39 | All the time she dashed through the streets , fighting her way through the hubbub , Wilson looked for Mr Browning , knowing he must have heard by now and would surely be rushing to his wife 's side . |
| 40 | Let us cling to our hundred year span , Let us pursue every moment of time , Like grass on a lonely hill Knowing it must wither and die . ’ |
| 41 | For bills to be eligible for forfeiting it must carry the guarantee of an internationally known and sound bank in the importer 's country . |
| 42 | They supported the plan , but insisted that the money for implementing it must come from economic growth and cuts in spending on welfare and education . |
| 43 | WORLD-BEATING Merseyside high jumper Steve Smith leapt into a war of words with chief coach Frank Dick after learning he must jump off with rival Dalton Grant for a place in the British European Cup team . |
| 44 | Where an instrument is laid subject to affirmative resolution procedure , the Government sponsoring it must find time in the Houses for a vote on it and it must secure an affirmative vote . |
| 45 | Thus the wording of an exclusion must be clear and unambiguous : " if a party wishes to exclude the ordinary consequences that would flow in law from the contract that he is making he must do so in clear terms " ( Scrutton LJ in Szymonowski v Beck [ 1923 ] 1 KB 457 ) . |
| 46 | She waited a moment for the signal to appear somewhere on the grid , then leaned forward to key the search sequence again , thinking she must have made a mistake . |
| 47 | When the bells stop ringing you must plan your next move . |
| 48 | But er however things went on and er we , we 've had very bad years some years when the we , stuck too much I think to some of the Morris of course er they had their troubles of course and , and then eventually we , it was funny we were the only two people in the whole of Britain who h ho held the agencies for Austin and Morris together and we were at times we were thinking we must lose one of them . |
| 49 | To anyone who was watching we must have looked the very picture of youthful preoccupation and parental concern . |
| 50 | Thinking it must have been aimed at someone else , I glanced behind me . |
| 51 | During the original trial Ronson 's defence counsel emphasised his client 's integrity on several occasions , a fact which the trial judge found difficult to reconcile with his criminal behaviour concluding it must have ‘ been a moment of greed ’ . |
| 52 | Making a sound in his throat , he turned his head away , then said , ‘ Funny thing , but neither am I ; yet I 've had to get used to it ; ’ and on this he went out , leaving Millie looking at the big fat woman and feeling she must make conversation : ‘ It 's a beautiful morning , ’ she said . |
| 53 | Number the items and try placing an " urgency rating " against each item : x- for those books already overdue at the library ; for that essay to be presented by next Monday ; for the tutorial paper you 're committed to give next Tuesday ; for less urgent items , like the laundry or shopping you must try to have done by the weekend . |
| 54 | You know we 're only gon na get the best from European initiatives when we start realizing we must deal with the present , in order to shape the future remembering the cruel lessons many of us have learned , particularly during the last twelve years . |
| 55 | If I heard him correctly , and I thought so , judging by the figures that he was quoting it must have been a more recent Price Waterhouse survey , not the original . |
| 56 | He had almost bawled at her ; in fact , so loud was his voice that he turned instinctively , feeling he must have been overheard , and looked towards the two gates which had ‘ The Grange ’ easily discernible as part of the wrought iron . |
| 57 | ‘ He is made too free of the house , ’ muttered Paul , feeling he must put in his word . |