Example sentences of "thought [pron] must [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 At first Robert thought someone must have been hurt , but , a second later , the scream came again and he realized , with horror , that this was a cry of joy .
2 To begin with I thought I must force myself to be matter-of-fact , not let his abnormality take control of the situation .
3 I thought I must kill it immediately — but how ?
4 Cos I got them out and I thought I must take them downstairs and give them to Maggie for her to give them to Gary .
5 I have n't sent it because I thought I must read it to the meeting .
6 I thought I must join some service which is considered sufficiently hazardous , because when I am conscripted I can say I do n't wish to fight but I am ready to do my part in National Service .
7 Then she slumped back in her chair , mouthing the nicotine-dosed chewing gum she used instead of cigarettes , and I thought I must have imagined an intensity of which she was surely incapable .
8 ‘ Gabriel , perhaps I should n't have come , but I — I thought I must have offended you , and that 's why you 're going away . ’
9 She thought I must have died in the previous night 's snowstorm .
10 When I came down here , I thought I must have known who it was .
11 George , of Southdale Road , Wavertree , Liverpool , said today : ‘ I felt a sharp pain and thought I must have been been stung .
12 I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask .
13 I know , it 's just that I remembered picking milk up this morning to make Maggie a drink , and there did n't seem a lot so I thought I must remember
14 We stayed on board and we went up on to every deck and there was even a gentleman , he showed us up on the bridge on that er on that and , and of course there was the little shop and I bought I thought I must buy something on the Queen Elizabeth and I bought a pen .
15 I just saw it , I thought I must buy that .
16 Thought somebody must have kicked him out of bed this morning .
17 I thought you must feel the same .
18 But I thought you must know that . ’
19 So I thought you must know what you were doing . ’
20 Cos I said I 'm really surprised , I said I thought you must come at least every week cos she seems to be so confident in the water .
21 I thought you must have scared him off … . ’
22 ‘ We thought you must have got lost . ’
23 ‘ I thought you must have done . ’
24 ‘ When it took you so long to get here , I thought you must have gone on up to his place with him , but I suppose Nicky Kai is still in residence .
25 ‘ I thought you must have had an accident — I even checked out the hospitals this morning . ’
26 For some reason , this letter so unnerved her that she thought she must rush down to the sea at once , and run the thudding in her head quite out of it .
27 Her hands obeyed her efficiently , but inside , uncontrolled waves of rage squeezed against the frame of her body until she thought she must burst .
28 Every motion sent her senses reeling , deeper and deeper into the furnace they had entered together , until at last , as she soared to a height of such intensity of feeling that she thought she must burst , something exploded in her brain , and she was awash with the dizzying sensation of all-consuming love .
29 I thought she must have been waiting for someone … ’
30 Molly thought she must have seen something .
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