Example sentences of "that [pers pn] must [verb] " in BNC.

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1 I think that I must assume the existence of some person in the defendants ' employment who accepted and appropriated the money with a full knowledge of all the facts , particularly the discussion which had preceded the institution of the action , and the pending of the action itself , who knew and realised that the right of the defendants to receive the money was at the moment sub judice , and indeed on the point of coming before this court for decision .
2 Imagine my disgust when I told the car park attendant of the delays , only to be informed that I must pay for two hours parking , as ‘ That is what is on the computer . ’
3 It is because I share it that I must draw attention to the scandalous mismanagement of the housing stock in Liverpool .
4 Come over the road with me , it 's your last night and I 've decided that I must show you my garden . ’
5 Such thoughts soothed me , and then the reality of what had happened would come shooting through my consciousness like a speedboat churning up a calm sea : how dare he decree that I must wear a badge indicating , for men 's convenience , whether I was available or already had an owner ?
6 " How extraordinary to hear you say that , " said Clara , " I was expecting you to say what all my other friends say , that I must clear out quick , be ruthless , cut all ties , leave her to it , live my own life .
7 My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington .
8 Mrs Lyons thought for a moment , and then she said : ‘ I see that I must tell you .
9 If there 's one thing I think I 'm sure of , it 's the fact that I must marry Selina .
10 Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly .
11 But this is one of the experiences that taught me very early in my career that I must do the opposite .
12 It also means that I must do no injury in any form to the sub-human species .
13 This year has been the most difficult and disturbing of my 40-year reign , but it has brought home to me that I must do everything I can to continue to carry out that duty .
14 As such , I will realize that I must do it , whether I wish to or not .
15 I am sure you will agree that I must do so , because my front-man activities must cease sometime …
16 And I began to feel it heavy upon me , that I must do her will . ’
17 Vlado told me that I must do as he asked — but I could simply make myself appear a fool by reporting news of no consequence .
18 I see that I must do a little bargaining on my own behalf .
19 The pressure from London , however , was unrelenting : ‘ Gould has been so clamorous lately ’ , Lear wrote to Jardine , ‘ at my not having done any Birds of Europe for him , that I must do a batch for him without further delay . ’
20 This suggests , I think , that I must refine my earlier criterion in the following way : it is wrong for a person to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of another 's desire , and only allowable for them to be treated , with their consent , as a means to the satisfaction of another 's needs , if no other means for their satisfaction can be made available .
21 I feel that I must clarify ( I do n't presume to think that all your readers will have read the catalogue raisonné ) my intentions , and those of the authors in embarking upon this book .
22 Is it to the Holy Spirit , then , that I must assign Buddhism 's denial of the possibility of forgiveness , or communism 's cavalier attitude to truth and human life , or the self-satisfied man-centredness of much contemporary humanism ?
23 ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’
24 In the struggle and confusion that was going on in my heart I knew that he loved me and I loved him , but I also knew that I must leave him !
25 That I must leave . "
26 This was further demonstrated by the fact that , when I murmured some apologies that I must leave , he insisted on my staying for some tea .
27 He also said that I would have to become dedicated , my lifestyle would have to change and , most importantly , that I must set my sights high .
28 Now I see , he wrote , that I must abandon it as I have abandoned everything else .
29 After hearing such wonderful expressiveness coupled with such disastrous sound , my instinctive reaction was that I must acquire an absolutely foolproof technique .
30 I lament that there are no more powerful long-focus lenses in the Bronica range , for this means that I must carry my back-up Nikon , with fixed 500mm and 1,000mm for all really long shots .
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