Example sentences of "[adj] but [pron] must [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then he mentioned , when we wen to see him , he says we will deal with this but you must get somebody for civil |
| 2 | I 'm rather surprised that but there you are this this er this stuff this is coming they were both being one and another er put here and er um um I suppose the idea is that the er two people should be fairly good but I think it 's going somewhere and as I say it 's down again … let's see what else has gone er the the this is just I do n't know how she di ’ how they did this but it must have been fairly hard when they did it and er I think there is n't v-very much there I think . ’ |
| 3 | They 're also , Mr Mayor , interestingly coming out in favour of the individual but I must admit I applaud that and at long last in some , admittedly very modest way , er they are moving , I wo n't say to fiscal responsibility , but at least they 're learning the lessons of the recklessness of the past of their policies . |
| 4 | ‘ Yes , ’ they said , ‘ you are welcome but you must keep very close to the left bank ’ ( Hungarian ) . |
| 5 | he was very polite but he must have been bored by me . |
| 6 | Severiano Ballesteros also had a 70 for a total of 213 but he must have been kicking himself for it included a seven at the 13th . |
| 7 | Theory work always sounds a bit boring and unnecessary but I must say that Anne Elsworth 's video on Colour Mixing for Painters ( Anne Elsworth ) is never dull and is full of useful exercises and information . |
| 8 | ‘ Looking back on it the plan could n't have been simpler but we must have rehearsed it forty times . |
| 9 | ‘ Your Grace , ’ Benjamin replied coolly , ‘ I thank you for that but I must agree with Doctor Agrippa — there are matters still unresolved . ’ |
| 10 | She 'd been writing for the NME , about David Cassidy and things like that but it must have been quite a struggle to get by . |
| 11 | It would be tedious and is not , I think , necessary to examine them all but I must seek to trace the development of the law through the main decisions and I intend to refer to them in chronological order . |
| 12 | And erm I think I was in the middle somewhere , I was n't er brilliant but I must have been somewhere in the middle I suppose . |
| 13 | Malta was on short rations and the menu was sparse but we must have consumed most of the champagne remaining in the club cellars . |
| 14 | So my , my tax office is in Cardiff , now the quick way in to your tax office , where ever it is , and if it changes , is you get the telephone number , you get the reference room of Salaries or Pension Department , you ring your tax office , quote your name , the tax office reference although that 's n these days is n't important but you must quote your national insurance number , by doing that you get put through to the person who presses a button and says , oh yes you 're Mr or Mrs so-and-so , what can I tell you ? |
| 15 | The piece must not be too heavy but it must have a certain weight to it . |
| 16 | Sure , we would like to have everyone available but we must make the very best use of what we have . |
| 17 | Summing up the mood of the pro-reform lobby the NIAPA spokesmen said ‘ The next five years are going to be difficult but we must go onto reform if European Agriculture is to survive . ’ |
| 18 | I doubt if Ken 's position was much different from my own but he must speak for himself . |
| 19 | I 'm not keen but I must do something . " |
| 20 | I should have told you earlier but it must have slipped the old mind . ’ |
| 21 | I may tell lies all my life if it 's expedient but I must know them for what they are and I must never tell them to myself . |