Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [pers pn] must [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They take for granted , that if Christianity were true , the light of it must have been more general , and the evidence of it more satisfactory … if any of these persons are , upon the whole , in doubt concerning the truth of Christianity ; their behaviour seems owing to their taking for granted , through strange inattention , that such doubting is , in a manner , the same thing as being certain against it . |
| 2 | He wondered why Pinkie mentioned Laura , then realised with sinking heart that she was no longer keeping her discontent to herself and the echo of it must have travelled for some distance . |
| 3 | People are bound to miss Gary Lineker but successors like me must score a few and establish reputations of their own . ’ |
| 4 | At all events the rent from them must have been very considerable . |
| 5 | Because of the , the tinkering around it must do a bit of |
| 6 | ‘ to pass ahead of the foremost part of another moving motor vehicle , being a vehicle proceeding in the same direction wholly or partly within that area ’ This phrase means that the offending vehicle or part of it must pass ahead of a slower moving motor vehicle travelling in the same direction . |
| 7 | ‘ to pass ahead of the foremost part of a stationary vehicle on the same side of the crossing as the approaching vehicle , the stationary vehicle having stopped to accord precedence to a foot passenger ’ This phrase is the alternative offence to point number 6 and means that the offending vehicle or part of it must pass a stationary vehicle as opposed to a moving motor vehicle in point 6 . |
| 8 | The senders of it must have had misgivings as to whether he would obey as they appear to have decided to back it up with physical intimidation . |
| 9 | This Melanie of his must have been a right madam , thought Leonora when Penry went off to get himself a glass of whisky . |
| 10 | According to Eadmer there were over sixty in about 1080 , and a high proportion of them must have been Englishmen of the old foundation . |
| 11 | It was estimated that in August nineteen forty the war was costing between six and seven million pounds a day and that a great proportion of it must come from the savings of the people . |
| 12 | The rest of you must leave ; no good in crowds . |
| 13 | I caught the rollerskating bit but am afraid the rest of it must have passed me by . |
| 14 | ‘ I reckon that stepmother of yours must 've wore you out skivvying . |
| 15 | Not many houses in I must have passed his house when I was up there . |
| 16 | If this was the French invasion then the news of it must reach the allied headquarters quickly . |
| 17 | The legacies of these origins have persisted and there has never been agreement on the nature of international affairs , on the proper methods for studying them , or on the range of elements which theories of them must take into account . |
| 18 | He demanded to know of another ambassador 's wife , no longer young , what kind of impression an old and unfashionable woman like her must give of Britain abroad : why could n't she look as attractive as the young woman opposite ? |
| 19 | ( " The war brides among us must labour on till the boys come home " . ) " |
| 20 | A more definitive response to him must await the time which will probably arrive when the clergy ordination measure is taken on the Floor of the House . |
| 21 | The boy keeping pace beside her must have heard the sigh ; he glanced at her , his expression concerned . |
| 22 | My communication to him must take priority . |
| 23 | His plan to escape was so long in the making and the lesson for us must lie in the reason why , when the time came , he could not make it work . |
| 24 | ‘ Any property of mine must look respectable on shore . ’ |
| 25 | Any brief account of it must involve oversimplification , but three ( not wholly independent ) processes may be identified . |
| 26 | Anyone who wishes to be a follower of mine must leave self behind ; he must take up his cross , and come with me ( Mark 8:34 ) . |
| 27 | dare say quite a lot of it must have been spent in pubs as well . |
| 28 | Securicor have joined the cowboys on the contract guarding and really I mean you must be getting sick of us getting up every time about security guards , but it 's an important problem and you must know that a lot of you must work at places where you 've got guards on the gate and we all should take a bit of interest in going to see these guards , find out that they 're working for two pound or two pound forty an hour , they 're working as many hours a week as they 'll actually work with no overtime rate , no night rate , no benefits worth having and I mean really I wish you 'd go to your companies and try and arrange site allowances , cos that 's the only way we 'll get any improvements , but when we talk about resolving grievances , we just took in Yorkshire region someone to a tribunal for constructive dismissal . |
| 29 | For all his apparent certainty , the decision to throw in his lot with her must have weighed heavily . |
| 30 | The answer to it must depend upon the axioms from which we begin . |