Example sentences of "must [vb infin] [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ You must 've seen the men , then . ’ |
| 3 | They must 've got the idea from that , called Dave Tanner and got him to set you up … |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Maurice must have hoped the kidnappers would think the sequence had ended one earlier . |
| 8 | This meant that the jury must have accepted the defence in relation to one charge but not in relation to the other . |
| 9 | I must have accepted the prospect of this baby with a vengeance , if I were seriously thinking of knitting as a desirable occupation . |
| 10 | he must have stopped the felt tip . |
| 11 | This must have reinforced the terror of such places , as portrayed in Beowulf and the chronicles relating to St Guthlac . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Well , you must have missed the bit where it said ‘ not worse looking than Johnny Thunders , ’ The poor bloke was completely crestfallen . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | There were spots of her own blood on her suit , so some of Jazzbeaux 's licks must have missed the armour plate . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | His footsteps must have disturbed the intruders . |
| 19 | Obviously , such a run of bad luck , after the fabulous start to the season , jolted the lads and their performance at Sidcombe must have warmed the hearts of those seven supporters who travelled to the game . |
| 20 | If this was not a government-inspired and briefed story , it must have warmed the cockles of the Ministry 's heart . |
| 21 | Only four miles from his home of Airyholme Farm , Cook must have visited the market here many times , just as you can each Thursday and Saturday . |
| 22 | Somehow Florian 's words must have summoned the memory of that first time they had worked together , long years ago , and that sensation of a shadow falling on her had come from the past . |
| 23 | Parkin must have received the note and , in a panic , thrust it into the bottom of the locked drawer , assuming that no one would find it . |
| 24 | But you must have heard the criticism for things like the pile of bricks , the pile of carpet felt . |
| 25 | The boy keeping pace beside her must have heard the sigh ; he glanced at her , his expression concerned . |
| 26 | ‘ You must have heard the bell . ’ |
| 27 | She was sitting with her back to him , and did not turn round even though she must have heard the sound of horse 's hooves on the hard pebbled path behind her . |
| 28 | When he did n't move or give any indication that he knew she was there at all — although he must have heard the car draw up and , unless he was deaf , the car door slam — she marched across to him . |
| 29 | The wind whipped the words away and they were lost in the gale but someone must have heard the banging . |
| 30 | I am sure you must have heard the tale ? |