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

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1 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 .
2 Her hands obeyed her efficiently , but inside , uncontrolled waves of rage squeezed against the frame of her body until she thought she must burst .
3 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 .
4 I thought she must have been waiting for someone … ’
5 Molly thought she must have seen something .
6 It was so far from her usual style that Charles thought she must have undergone some violent change of personality .
7 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 .
8 He had called her a leprechaun , thought she must have Irish blood in her .
9 ‘ When we had n't seen her at the grave for a while we thought she must have gone away and so when we had any flowers left over we put them on Brian 's grave , ’ said Mary .
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