Example sentences of "must [vb infin] [verb] a lot " in BNC.
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| 1 | But social services are not a luxury : any complex industrial society must expect to spend a lot on social services . |
| 2 | Since he did not have the physical strength of most of the others , this was important for him and must have contributed a lot to his effectiveness . |
| 3 | They must have heard a lot of wonderful music-making . |
| 4 | It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ? |
| 5 | It must have cost a lot at the start but they |
| 6 | But they must have cost a lot |
| 7 | I think he must have eaten a lot of it , though if it tasted anything like it smelt it must have been vile . |
| 8 | ‘ They are doing it for you and the children. : This must have saved a lot of misery , as she was really listened to . |
| 9 | I think she must have seen a lot of things at that time which had made her the way she was , seen things in the blackout and in the underground stations . |
| 10 | Er yes , I s suspect they must have paid a lot of money to have that done too . |
| 11 | That was another oft-told story in our family because it must have meant a lot in those days , owning your own house instead of paying rent to a landlord . |
| 12 | But with all the equipment at GCHQ the Government must have known a lot more than I did about the horrors . |
| 13 | ‘ They must have had a lot of replies , ’ said Penelope . |
| 14 | Well they must have had a lot of bottle . |
| 15 | Pete must have watched a lot of Open University programmes on the outside . |
| 16 | They must have sold a lot of tickets . |
| 17 | ‘ It must have taken a lot of practice to become so fluent , ’ she called down the hatch to let him know she was back . |
| 18 | But Saddam had to just play the whole game , and er , he must have got a lot of propaganda out of this , must n't he ? |
| 19 | He must have spent a lot of time out in the sun — running ? |
| 20 | Clare was , well , desirable to say the bloody least , and they must have spent a lot of time together writing speeches , or whatever it is politicians do . |
| 21 | I 'm sure you must have thought a lot about who killed Dominic . ’ |
| 22 | Well she must have thought a lot of |