Example sentences of "must [vb infin] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 On the whole we are , until suddenly panic reigns and we must rush to a class again and limber up .
2 They must think about a layette .
3 His hairstyle consultant must throw in a Tom Selleck moustache twirl for free .
4 He recognizes this , and indicates the contradiction that must exist between a man 's ideals and his practice , or between his beliefs and his actions .
5 ‘ Questions ’ , whether oral or written must relate to a matter for which a Minister is responsible and the clerks , administering the rules and practice of the Houses to that effect , will refuse to accept questions which go beyond these bounds .
6 So the camouflaged couple must sprint in a semblance of skating motion — to lure another shuriken-starman with urgent gestures , and snuff him .
7 We went out to meet him at the airport and Signe hugged him and told him how much she 'd missed him and how she had cooked all his favourite foods for one vast homecoming meal but she had had an urgent phone call about sickness in the family and the dinner had all burned up so now we must eat in a restaurant .
8 Ashley was glaring at me over the candle flame the way a hawk must glare at a field mouse the instant before it parts mouse from field forever .
9 So it looks as though our scheming is of no avail , though we are still hoping to see you here one day — surely our wild country must appeal to a shooting man ?
10 2 The student , duly corrected , now punches to the sternum , aware that his rear hand must act as a guard against a counter-attack .
11 However , during that poor run which ultimately cost them the title , they were knocked out of the FA Cup by lowly Wrexham , and that must act as a warning in neon lights for their trip to non-League Yeovil .
12 His mind must act as a filter .
13 ‘ Then his son-in-law must act as a son and care for the land that 'll one day be his . ’
14 Thus the modest increase in DNA synthesis started in hepatocyte cultures by TAGH ( 1:5000 ) is of similar magnitude to that reported for triiodothyronine alone and must act by a pathway other than that of direct interaction with the EGF binding site of the EGF receptor .
15 well we must wait on a bit , we 'll have to now , if she had n't phoned it would of been , you know something nice to think about wo n't it ?
16 ‘ Father Reynard 's death , ’ he concluded , ‘ however distressing , must wait for a while .
17 But he must wait for a fitness check on club record signing Don Goodman before finalising his line-up .
18 If the covert researcher is not to arouse suspicion , then he or she must behave like a believer , not stepping out of line by questioning or exhibiting too much curiosity about the functioning of the organisation .
19 The simple story of a mentally handicapped child or adult growing up would not be considered dramatic enough for fictional representation ; the drama must focus on a series of events which create a larger than life situation , which will play on the emotions of the viewers .
20 You must concentrate on a dairy and maybe a few tender crops we could never grow up north .
21 the failure of the Court of Appeal to relist in order to dispose of B 's remaining arguments about his trial ( and , if necessary , to certify matters for appeal to the House of Lords , including the reach of the Gallagher jurisdiction ) is both a substantive failure of the legal system to provide B with a fair criminal trial and a demonstration that there are no further remedies to raise the issue available to B within the English legal system that he must pursue as a precondition for the admissibility of any claim under the European Convention .
22 ‘ Not really , but the riddle must refer to a place .
23 Though I was new to the island , I had read enough — from Henty to the Boy 's Own Paper — to understand that the spell of the South Seas , with its different tempo of life , must grow on a man until it reaches the stage where it can not be resisted .
24 We have often heard our prime Minister say : ‘ We must negotiate from a position of strength . ’
25 However , in Mayne Nickless v Solomon [ 1980 ] Qd R 171 , the court held that the mistake must appear from a reading of the decision and not from cross-examination of the valuer .
26 You must finish on a double .
27 Away from her , he must feel like a boy let out of school .
28 Yachts entering Leningrad must stick to a channel similar to the one on the approached to Vyborg .
29 I must begin with a coincidence which I would not dare to recount if this were a work of fiction .
30 A system of flags is also stored here to indicate whether the word must begin with a capital to form a valid word , if the word is a common mis-spelling and a flag detailing whether the word can begin a compound stored in the compound tree .
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