Example sentences of "must [verb] taken a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must have taken a knife to push the cord through , she said , there was hardly any room for it . |
| 2 | It must have taken a couple of hours or more to reach the machan , a platform raised on poles . |
| 3 | But presumably he must have taken a shine , as the expression went , to Celia , particularly as he had gone to such trouble to seek her out and visit her at the Meadhaven Clinic . |
| 4 | He must have taken a shine to the jacket because he turned the corner — and never came back leaving the police red-faced . |
| 5 | ‘ When I got back I found I had left the garden door a little ajar ; she must have taken a chill . |
| 6 | It must have taken a while from Taunton , Charles thought , as Frances drove them in the yellow Renault 5 along the route Lesley-Jane had described . |
| 7 | Jamie must have taken a cigarette even though I knew he did n't smoke , because I saw the lighter go up , igniting in front of my eves in a shower of sparks like a fireworks display . |
| 8 | He must have taken a cut in pay . " |
| 9 | At the top of the scale , business must have taken a number of leading men out of town at the time the assessment was made , including , for example , Robert Thorne , Merchant Taylor and a notable benefactor to the City ; worth more than £20,000 at the time of his death in 1532 , he must have been one of the very richest men in England . |
| 10 | ‘ It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent , ’ she called down the hatch to let him know she was back . |