Example sentences of "she [vb past] [pers pn] must [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She began to wave to a seat , but stopped herself — she realised it must look grimy to them as well . |
| 2 | As soon as she said it she realised he must know that anyway . |
| 3 | Staring at her reflection , she realised she must have lost weight . |
| 4 | It was hard to be certain but she was pretty sure he had n't , and she imagined she must have assumed he was on duty at the hospital . |
| 5 | She reckoned it must take all of eight or nine metric minutes per person . |
| 6 | She guessed he must get tired of his easy conquests . |
| 7 | She claimed she must get her breath back . |
| 8 | She decided she must go and tell someone about what she had seen — but who ? |
| 9 | Reluctantly she decided she must see it through , for Peter , and in some way for herself — she had to prove to herself that she could come face to face with Marc again and survive the ordeal . |
| 10 | She thought they must like singing very much since they went to the chapel so often . |
| 11 | She thought they must have looked ridiculous , two people over thirty surreptitiously clawing at each other through layer upon layer of raincoat , wool and cotton . |
| 12 | For a second she thought they must have turned the other way , and then she saw them again , riding through the trees , the sunlight striking them before they moved off into the shadows . |
| 13 | The house was more modern than she had expected — at a guess , she thought it must have been built between the wars . |
| 14 | For some reason , this letter so unnerved her that she thought she must rush down to the sea at once , and run the thudding in her head quite out of it . |
| 15 | Piers turned around to face her , and for a split second his glance swept over her with appreciation , but the moment was gone so quickly that she thought she must have imagined it . |
| 16 | Her hands obeyed her efficiently , but inside , uncontrolled waves of rage squeezed against the frame of her body until she thought she must burst . |
| 17 | Every motion sent her senses reeling , deeper and deeper into the furnace they had entered together , until at last , as she soared to a height of such intensity of feeling that she thought she must burst , something exploded in her brain , and she was awash with the dizzying sensation of all-consuming love . |
| 18 | Ruth 's heart began to thump so loudly that she thought he must hear it . |
| 19 | Luce sat perfectly still , her eyes on his face , her heart beating so loudly that she thought he must hear . |
| 20 | She thought I must have died in the previous night 's snowstorm . |
| 21 | It was to be expected , and she knew she must show herself to be more efficient in future . |
| 22 | She described how she walked around for months ‘ with a pain , almost a physical pain , in my heart ’ ; of how she avoided friends and pulled her hat over her face if she met them in the street ; of how , at last , she knew she must express her thousand emotions about her little grandchild in the way she knew best , in clay . |
| 23 | But as soon as she heard Mrs Whitfield 's voice she knew she must pay out more of her time and attention to the situation than she thought . |
| 24 | It was definitely a prelude to more , and she knew she must start to struggle soon . |
| 25 | Afterwards , she knew she must have imagined the words and the kiss . |
| 26 | She tossed her head defiantly , and just for a moment saw a flicker of something in his eyes before it was gone so fast that she knew she must have imagined it . |
| 27 | While she knew she must resemble a ragamuffin , she did not appreciate the reminder . |
| 28 | She knew she must get out of the car quickly , or it would get stuck behind the steering wheel . |
| 29 | Heart beating , she waited to hear the voice that she knew she must hear . |
| 30 | Her swollen lips burned and she knew she must look a mess . |