Example sentences of "[pron] must have taken a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere , because we 're certainly not at Threlkeld , where we ought to be by now . |
| 2 | ‘ When I got back I found I had left the garden door a little ajar ; she must have taken a chill . |
| 3 | She must have taken a knife to push the cord through , she said , there was hardly any room for it . |
| 4 | But presumably he must have taken a shine , as the expression went , to Celia , particularly as he had gone to such trouble to seek her out and visit her at the Meadhaven Clinic . |
| 5 | He must have taken a thousand pictures with people . |
| 6 | He must have taken a shine to the jacket because he turned the corner — and never came back leaving the police red-faced . |
| 7 | He must have taken a cut in pay . " |
| 8 | He must have taken a short cut that she had n't noticed on her way down , as they arrived back at the house sooner than she was expecting and went straight to the veranda , where Faye still lay on the lounger , enjoying a long drink of iced water . |
| 9 | BUDDY REYNOLDS ( Sound Off ) , October 27 ) it must have taken a real strike of genius to suggest that The Levellers ' manager bar their so called ‘ crusties ’ from their gigs . |
| 10 | It must have taken a long time . |
| 11 | It must have taken a couple of hours or more to reach the machan , a platform raised on poles . |
| 12 | So it must have taken a long while ? |
| 13 | ‘ It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent , ’ she called down the hatch to let him know she was back . |
| 14 | It must have taken a full five seconds for him to crumple Des , but he needs another three to get moving , and by then I 'm at his side . |
| 15 | It must have taken a while from Taunton , Charles thought , as Frances drove them in the yellow Renault 5 along the route Lesley-Jane had described . |
| 16 | BUDDY REYNOLDS ( Sound Off ) , October 27 ) it must have taken a real strike of genius to suggest that The Levellers ' manager bar their so called ‘ crusties ’ from their gigs . |