Example sentences of "must [vb infin] [vb pp] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She must 've made a mistake — Marie said she 'd write to me . |
| 2 | The downstairs was inches deep in sherry bottles , newspapers , strange men 's shoes , and someone must 've lit a fire in the kitchen because there was a big black patch on the floor , as if a rocket had taken off . |
| 3 | You 're not , you 've not got your councillors coming forward and er you know that , which , which I would like because the , the only way you 'll get your , get anything is by sort of working for it and erm we are very proud you know , I do n't know whether you 've , you must 've seen the book you know erm the , the was brought out the centenary , the eighty-three and er , I mean er , er there 's an awful lot of information there . |
| 4 | ‘ You must 've seen the men , then . ’ |
| 5 | It , it must 've cost a fortune , because er extra because of all the hotel accommodation we had to have as well . |
| 6 | They must 've got the idea from that , called Dave Tanner and got him to set you up … |
| 7 | Maxie Carlo must 've cracked a joke . |
| 8 | If this were so then these other clubs must have breathed a sigh of relief when City 's books were not produced . |
| 9 | Then a woman in the street — the Via Monserato , between the Tiber and the Farnese Square , they talked about it so much , Mena and my grandmother , when I was little , I think they talked about it every day : Il Quartiere Papale , it does have a magnificent sound , has n't it ? and so much of it a slum ; the rich live above on the piani nobili , the ground floors and cellars are rented out to artisans ; my mother , who was brought up in those streets , says to know them you must have breathed the air in the evenings when the wine-shops are full and they are lighting charcoal braziers on the pavements ; she says I will go one day , but I think I know already — well , a woman in Mena 's street who sold salad greens knew the cook who worked for Anna and the prince round the corner and Mena was given things to do in the kitchen . |
| 10 | Siferwas must have completed the decoration of the Lectionary before 1408 , the year of the death of John , fifth Baron Lovell of Titchmarsh , who commissioned the manuscript for Salisbury Cathedral . |
| 11 | To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA or a similar degree-level qualification in management . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Revelations that the Home Office estimates that as many as 70 per cent of all offences may be committed by people awaiting trial must have shocked the nation . |
| 14 | ‘ Maurice must have hoped the kidnappers would think the sequence had ended one earlier . |
| 15 | This meant that the jury must have accepted the defence in relation to one charge but not in relation to the other . |
| 16 | I must have accepted the prospect of this baby with a vengeance , if I were seriously thinking of knitting as a desirable occupation . |
| 17 | he must have stopped the felt tip . |
| 18 | The headmistress let out a yell that must have rattled every window-pane in the building and for the second time in the last five minutes she shot out of her chair like a rocket . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ And take something for yourself ; you must have lost a day 's trading to chase after us . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | This must have reinforced the terror of such places , as portrayed in Beowulf and the chronicles relating to St Guthlac . |
| 23 | Such references to the freedom of the divine will were often used in the seventeenth century to justify attacks on rationalist theories of nature , whose authors presumed to know how God must have shaped the world . |
| 24 | I think we must have missed a briefing from |
| 25 | Well , you must have missed the bit where it said ‘ not worse looking than Johnny Thunders , ’ The poor bloke was completely crestfallen . |
| 26 | Eva has never been one to indulge in self pity but she must have missed the warmth of the Australian sun , and the family back home . |
| 27 | There were spots of her own blood on her suit , so some of Jazzbeaux 's licks must have missed the armour plate . |
| 28 | Mr Dugdale must have missed the Granada 500 transmitted in primetime on ITV — the only time during the campaign when the three party leaders were questioned by real voters on national television . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Surely there was an austere pride in the words of Thoreau when he wrote that he was regarded as the least important man in his village , and there is no doubt in my mind that he must have savoured the aroma of that rare emotion . |