Example sentences of "thought [pers pn] must [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To begin with I thought I must force myself to be matter-of-fact , not let his abnormality take control of the situation . |
| 2 | I thought I must kill it immediately — but how ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I have n't sent it because I thought I must read it to the meeting . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 8 | She thought I must have died in the previous night 's snowstorm . |
| 9 | When I came down here , I thought I must have known who it was . |
| 10 | George , of Southdale Road , Wavertree , Liverpool , said today : ‘ I felt a sharp pain and thought I must have been been stung . |
| 11 | I looked at it the other day and I thought I must remember to ask . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I just saw it , I thought I must buy that . |
| 15 | I thought you must feel the same . |
| 16 | But I thought you must know that . ’ |
| 17 | So I thought you must know what you were doing . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | I thought you must have scared him off … . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ We thought you must have got lost . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I thought you must have done . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ I thought you must have had an accident — I even checked out the hospitals this morning . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Her hands obeyed her efficiently , but inside , uncontrolled waves of rage squeezed against the frame of her body until she thought she must burst . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | I thought she must have been waiting for someone … ’ |
| 28 | Molly thought she must have seen something . |
| 29 | It was so far from her usual style that Charles thought she must have undergone some violent change of personality . |
| 30 | Piers turned around to face her , and for a split second his glance swept over her with appreciation , but the moment was gone so quickly that she thought she must have imagined it . |