Example sentences of "must have [vb pp] some [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have prepared some twelve pieces for possible auditions . |
| 2 | I think She-She must have activated some secret glandular gimmick , to wrap it up quickly . |
| 3 | The assassin 's blow threw him back against the wall , hitting it so hard he brought books tumbling from the shelves , but before the assassin 's fingers found his throat he delivered a punch to the man 's belly that must have touched some tender place , because the assault ceased , and the attacker let him go , his eyes fixed for the first time on Gentle 's face . |
| 4 | It was so far from her usual style that Charles thought she must have undergone some violent change of personality . |
| 5 | Des O'Grady must have made some audacious remark to her in his broad Irish accent for she gave him a wide grin , showing her impeccable set of incisors . |
| 6 | He must have made some assuaging gesture . |
| 7 | Someone must have done some extensive informing , because MacLane picked Susan and me out of the crowd without even the pretence of looking around for the usual suspects . |
| 8 | They must have done some good ( Cipolla points out that their principles were the same as those of the great 19th-century sanitary reformers such as Sir Edwin Chadwick ) , and yet there seems to be no way of telling from the surviving evidence whether lives were saved as a result . |
| 9 | you see and ther I su I suppose there was about ten or a dozen girls behind the counter because it was early and late turn for them because you see we were open , you see , until ten o'clock at night , you see , and er then , well , anyway , after that erm I heard about this job going as Assistant Manageress at Cambridge and er so I applied and the Manager said to me , I thought well I 'll be here ten years , erm I can be here until I 'm you know , donkeys years and er so he said well look you may not get a job because he said that another girl coming from Norwich to go to Cambridge to see the Manager as well as you and so you might not get it , she might get it , and , however , I went and er I , I met the Manager and the Manageress in the front office , the Manager 's office and we all had a chat but I did n't see the girl from Norwich , she must have gone some other day and anyway I got the job , you see , and er , and so I went to Cambridge as Assistant Manageress and I very well and I got to know all kinds of people , all nationalities being a university city . |
| 10 | Jenna 's shocked looks must have reached some deep core of humility in Ned Clarke . |
| 11 | Scotland was an unhappy country in the late seventeenth century , partly for reasons beyond the control of politicians or merchants ; the climate grew steadily harsher , for these were the worst years of the ‘ little ice age ’ that ran from 1500 to 1850 and must have had some general effect of encouraging emigration from Europe . |
| 12 | Blanche sensed his dislike must have had some personal grounds . |
| 13 | So Balder Head must have had some architectural significance or other , although I doubt if anyone in the dale realized it . |
| 14 | Heather must have had some compelling reason to follow in the direction they led , yet what that reason might be he was no nearer discovering . |
| 15 | Must have had some bad cider on the lunchtime . |
| 16 | But it was a considerable enterprise and it must have had some considerable justification . |
| 17 | TENNIS heart-throb Andre Agassi smashed his way into the last 16 in the US Open yesterday — and won a kiss from movie star Barbra Streisand ( inset ) who must have pulled some special strokes to get past the minders at New York 's Flushing Meadow . |
| 18 | Stuck 's first collection must have attracted some adverse criticism , for his later collections ( 1708 , 1711 , 1714 ) take more account of the French language and are much more conservative in their key plans . |
| 19 | Well , anyway , you must have taken some fascinating turns … and I feel I have , too . |
| 20 | ‘ That must have taken some delicate handling , to get a man at the very top in that secret society . ’ |
| 21 | But it must have taken some sweet talking from Newman to persuade Mansell 's wife Rosanne to agree . |
| 22 | The Irish must have taken some droll amusement out of the sights and sounds of New Zealand rugby being in a hyped-up state during their tour — and with not all the impact coming from the tour matches . |
| 23 | The man smiled at the girl and must have passed some friendly remark , for she looked at him agreeably before returning to her inspection of the petticoats . |
| 24 | Agnes said : ‘ She must have got some new identity . |