Example sentences of "[pers pn] must [verb] said " in BNC.
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| 1 | I must have said that several times already because Ma fixed me with a glittering stare and exclaimed , ‘ If you say that word once more , Andrew , just once more , I 'll send you to the Science Museum again … with Annabel . ’ |
| 2 | After replacing the receiver I must have said aloud , ‘ Bloody bureaucratic bullies , ’ because I heard , over the racket the dogs were making , David 's voice . |
| 3 | I must have said something about being in reasonably , good health despite a rather dismal daily round of commuting to Charing Cross and a crawl by bus up the King 's Road to the appropriately named World 's End pub , but that I was more tormented at that time with a clash of affections with two young ladies . |
| 4 | She asked me about him , and I must have said it was a boy , and he was resting . |
| 5 | Then she must 've said something . |
| 6 | She must have said something . ’ |
| 7 | I — She must have said this to you . |
| 8 | She must have said somethin' . ’ |
| 9 | His hands relaxed from their tight grip on the steering-wheel ; she must have said the right thing for once . |
| 10 | Well now would them girl would them girls say , she must have said more than that mother . |
| 11 | She must have asked them , and they must have said no . |
| 12 | ‘ She met some guy in there that day , some guy she used to go with , and he must 've said something because the next thing anyone knew , she was screaming at him , Pete was in the bar the morning after , he said the window was all over the floor , apparently she 'd thrown an ashtray at the guy and it had missed and taken the whole window out instead , and when he took her by the arm and tried to calm her down , she shook him off and ran out of the bar , right out in the street , and like I said , it was the bottom of a hill and there was a truck coming — ‘ |
| 13 | You 're only reporting what he must have said . |
| 14 | But an EastEnders spokesman reckons its a load of blarney : ‘ He must have said it as a joke . |
| 15 | She danced on , oblivious , then he must have said something , and she danced seductively , fluidly , to the edge of the roof , hips moving slow , a big smile on her face as she looked down at Lewis , then she threw herself off the roof . |
| 16 | No , he must have said something first , now I come to think about it , because I can remember very distinctly the way he spoke . |
| 17 | ‘ I suppose he must have said something . ’ |