Example sentences of "must have [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | If this were so then these other clubs must have breathed a sigh of relief when City 's books were not produced . |
2 | To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA or a similar degree-level qualification in management . |
3 | To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA ( Master of Business Administration ) or a similar degree-level qualification in management . |
4 | Mike Gatting presented , and in the pre-match interviews he stressed that it was very , very hot , and I swear Gatt must have lost a stone just standing out in the middle talking about the pitch . |
5 | ‘ And take something for yourself ; you must have lost a day 's trading to chase after us . ’ |
6 | Since he did not have the physical strength of most of the others , this was important for him and must have contributed a lot to his effectiveness . |
7 | I think we must have missed a briefing from |
8 | He bought all the most fantastic " unrealistic " fiction he could find and afford ; by the rules they must have hidden a clue away in it " somewhere . |
9 | ‘ The police think she — Sybil — must have disturbed an intruder , and there 's some suggestion that the same person killed Angy . |
10 | Indirectly this must have represented a challenge to the influence of Aethelred of Mercia in the East Saxon region . |
11 | They must have heard a lot of wonderful music-making . |
12 | I must have heard a car door slam , or something . ’ |
13 | But in Beijing on March 25th , as he plodded through a three-hour speech at the opening session of China 's annual parliament , the National People 's Congress , some at least of the 3,000 delegates must have felt a twinge of sympathy . |
14 | ‘ She must have liked a book of mine , ’ he said . |
15 | Lomax must have scored a lung shot , Curtis observed clinically . |
16 | Although there was no common intention expressed by the parties at Geneva , he deduces their intention from the wording of the Protocol : the opening words of Article 1 of Protocol II , the fact that the rebels must have achieved a degree of organisation before the Protocol can be activated , and Article 6 ( 5 ) of the Protocol all demonstrate an intent to bind both sides to the conflict . |
17 | My guess is , he must have written an account . |
18 | I must have destroyed a bomber ! |
19 | Then she slumped back in her chair , mouthing the nicotine-dosed chewing gum she used instead of cigarettes , and I thought I must have imagined an intensity of which she was surely incapable . |
20 | To obtain this you must have flown a minimum of 35 hours and there are medical exams and ground exams to be taken . |
21 | Despite this , the new market must have met a demand as its performance was soon outpacing the FTSE 100 index . |
22 | But it was solid silver — and the inscription must have cost a bit as well . |
23 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to build , ’ said Maud . |
24 | She was standing amidst a pile of bouquets , mostly pink and red roses which must have cost a fortune at this season , and chrysanthemums . |
25 | The holly , being the sort of holly that is sold on street corners in London at this time of year , must have cost a fortune and it did n't have berries on . |
26 | ‘ It must have cost a fortune to have it taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed , but my Nico never hesitated . |
27 | I mean the carpet must have cost a fortune ! |
28 | Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool . |
29 | That must have cost a packet . |
30 | Must have cost a packet — and it 's not even my birthday . ’ |