Example sentences of "must [verb] make a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must 've made a mistake — Marie said she 'd write to me . |
| 2 | I could n't help thinking that he must have made a mistake . |
| 3 | ‘ You must have made a mistake . |
| 4 | He , too , checked with the police and rang back to confirm that Derek had not been arrested and that he felt she must have made a mistake . |
| 5 | She waited a moment for the signal to appear somewhere on the grid , then leaned forward to key the search sequence again , thinking she must have made a mistake . |
| 6 | Edward , shying away from disagreeable exposures , supposed that mother must have made a mistake . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm sorry , sir , I must have made a mistake . ’ |
| 8 | Said he must have made a mistake and it was the Cynthia T. The Cynthia had one of the new masters whom I did n't know , so I could n't do anything . |
| 9 | She must have made a mistake herself . |
| 10 | ‘ But they must have made a mistake — that ca n't possibly be right ! ’ |
| 11 | Must have made a fortune ! |
| 12 | Must have made a mint out of the wars . |
| 13 | But she i if they say she 's made a payment , she must have made a payment . |
| 14 | I told Michael what he wanted to hear , pretty much , without actually promising anything , because I could tell he was going to make it easy for me He was falling asleep on my shoulder When he did , I slipped out from under him , picked up his sexy uniform , which did n't seem quite so sexy any more , and took his glider key off the chain Then I got dressed quick , holding the key in my teeth , and then I went over to the kite , but I must have made a noise ; because Michael woke up I looked back and saw him putting both feet in one leg of his trousers , calling my name , trying to back out of it |
| 15 | Individually or collectively , they must have made a decision to keep their wits about them for the committee meeting . |
| 16 | One of the guards must have made a substitution . ’ |
| 17 | The original owner must have made a representation ( by statement or conduct ) that the seller was entitled to sell the goods . |
| 18 | More difficult is the case where the HE speaker must learn to make a distinction which has to be expressed in SE but is not present in HE ; the speaker must learn to " split a category " as in the case of beer and bear mentioned above . |