Example sentences of "must have [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone interested in joining the course must have completed the retail management training scheme . |
| 2 | Magistrates sitting in the Juvenile Court must have completed the special training for the Juvenile Panel . |
| 3 | Two of the several names owned by another recipient had strayed into someone 's word-processor to create a further deserving don , the knowing reference to whom must have ruined the new year for more than one senior scholar . |
| 4 | The puppets are modelled on the famous illustrations by Tenniel — but Spitting Images must have influenced the formidable duchess and Tebbit-like cook and they stirred their pepper soup and sneezed . |
| 5 | I accepted his offer as Sir Galahad must have accepted the Holy Grail . |
| 6 | Somehow I must have missed the original LPs ( or perhaps they were never released this side of the Atlantic ) , but here are Jean-Pierre Rampal , Isaac Stern , Yo-Yo Ma mixing it up with Japanese instrumentalists , playing traditional oriental music alongside pieces by Yamada , Miyagi , and Yoshizawa , amongst others . |
| 7 | He did not reply to the letter I left on his desk until months later , by which time he must have overcome the initial shock my flight must surely have caused him . |
| 8 | They must have recalled the prophetic remarks in 1829 of the Nez Perce elder Speckled Snake : ‘ I have listened to many talks from the great father . |
| 9 | You must have heard the old story about the bucket of water ; when it was shown to the optimist he described it as being ‘ half full ’ while the pessimist said that it was ‘ half empty ’ . |
| 10 | Whoever was in the flat must have heard the muffled sound of the closing door and was going through into the bedroom to have a look out of the window . |
| 11 | He must have heard the racing results at six o'clock . |
| 12 | An orbiting imperial cruiser must have noted the attempted escape . |
| 13 | There was a bump as we must have crossed the central reservation and then one said I was going out . |
| 14 | Dana read a group of modern Americans , which must have annoyed the British , starting with Elizabeth Bishop 's ‘ The Fish ’ — I can still hear his voice , the faint American accent and the hushed astonishment he put into the first line : ‘ I caught a tremendous fish … . ’ |
| 15 | Not only that , but he must have swallowed the large Garry Dog I had on the line , which must have floated down in an unrestricted way to him . ’ |
| 16 | Subconsciously , she must have sensed the potent effect he could have on her , an instinctive recognition of the dangerous power he would assume if once she had known his touch . |
| 17 | Nicky too must have recognised the uncharacteristic gap in his self-absorption and wondered what was coming , because she rushed into speech . |
| 18 | Dad must have recognised the inevitable so he began gently . |
| 19 | It must have pleased the powerful church of Canterbury , with which he seems to have wished to be on good terms , and been gratifyingly displeasing to that of London . |
| 20 | It was a story that must have touched the whole nation 's hearts . |
| 21 | This increase in plant A/g from the LGM to present must have extended the geographic ranges of some species into areas where precipitation was formerly too low to support growth . |
| 22 | Additionally , Rule 5 — 30(2) requires that in respect of a warrant or derivative , before a firm : ( a ) recommends a transaction ; ( b ) arranges or executes a transaction ( even if it has not recommended it ) ; or ( c ) acts as a discretionary manager ; it must have sent the private customer a Warrants or Derivatives Risk Warning Notice and obtained a copy signed by the customer so that the firm is satisfied that the customer has had a proper opportunity to consider its terms . |
| 23 | However , my father must have made the usual enquiries , and been satisfied , for he consented to my marriage . ’ |
| 24 | But in the 1810s their studied simplicity must have made the post-Adam school of design then current in Edinburgh seem fussy and dated to a degree hard to appreciate now . |
| 25 | He must have made the whole thing up from start to finish . |
| 26 | Sparta , for all these structural shortcomings , was a great power , and calculations about the outcome of the war , as well as delight that she was prepared to play the liberator , must have caused the Greek world generally to favour her over Athens ( p. 99 ) . |
| 27 | He must have loved the faithless Melanie very deeply to be so bitter over losing her . |
| 28 | She must have loved the real father of Phena very much if she was willing to put up with all of this . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | ‘ But Ivy has turned out to be so good for me I must have done the right thing . |