Example sentences of "[prep] what [pers pn] [vb past] must " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the end of what she reckoned must be an hour , she faced the fact that he was not coming . |
| 2 | Her heart in her mouth , she dropped to her knees and crawled along the path till she reached the window looking into what she guessed must be the front room of the cottage . |
| 3 | With confused feelings , she smiled back , but she found herself staring in what she realised must seem a naïve display of stunned surprise . |
| 4 | She had only seen Johnny dressed in what she supposed must be the nineteen forties ' version of casual wear ; but , of course , when he was formally attired he would have worn starched collars with his shirt , detachable and fastened with one of the studs which she now held in her hand . |
| 5 | Seeing us working for what they thought must be a good cause , they said , they handed us considerable sums of money . |
| 6 | ‘ The potential for what he became must have been in him all the time . ’ |
| 7 | I could n't go out and leave everything unattended , so I remained and waited for what I thought must be the end . |