Example sentences of "must have [vb pp] [adv] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My horse went down a couple of times when we were riding along a shallow river The hooves must 've turned up the mud at the bottom and I 'm sorry but no amount of expert preparation can help you keep cool when a 500lb horse goes down on you . |
| 2 | It must 've taken quite a bit of courage for the girls to have kept their babies . |
| 3 | She must have understood why the dog hung back . |
| 4 | The speed of descent must have cut down the exposure to any residual gas since he felt none of the earlier weirdness as he approached the still sealed engine room door . |
| 5 | We must have made quite a sight trailing along the road with scythes , rakes , forks , the sledge and the sweep , mowing machine , and our food in a basket . |
| 6 | The water really is n't that hot , usually , but my other one was fiddling with the boiler earlier — he must have turned up the thermostat . |
| 7 | I enjoyed it in a way , but B. was very impossible — she must have drunk nearly a bottle of brandy , and then at 9 o'clock I left and refused either to stay any longer or spend the night there . |
| 8 | It was the shock I suppose and the wine — I must have drunk almost a bottle . |
| 9 | But I must have done well the term before , or perhaps he was slacking , or both , because there we were together and Nigel as he then called himself was asking for a pound . |
| 10 | ‘ You must have acquired quite a taste for French champagne and pâté de foie gras . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You must have had quite a talk ! ’ smiled Belinda . |
| 12 | The transformation of David ( David Naughton ) from nice New York Jewish boy to very scary werewolf is an outstanding achievement , with elaborate props and each stage exactly plotted and , despite a team of 30 stuntpersons , Naughton must have acted quite a lot of this himself . |
| 13 | The origins of the military colony of Elephantine are unknown , but the author of the letter which goes under the name of Aristeas must have found somewhere the piece of information that Jewish soldiers helped Psammetichus in his campaign against the king of the Ethiopians ( 13 ) . |
| 14 | He must have put up a bit of a struggle , but they were a persuasive bunch , those women , and the two nans in alliance were practically irresistible . |
| 15 | ‘ Her father must have wondered where the money came from ; what did she tell him ? ’ |
| 16 | We thought the bumpy flight must have brought on a bout of air-sickness , but it was not so . |
| 17 | I wish he would keep his eyes off me , Laura thought grimly , feeling certain that she must have experienced almost a lifetime 's amount of tension over the past few days . |
| 18 | It must have taken quite a lot of pluck to walk along a path marked DANGER . ’ |
| 19 | I think I must have picked up a virus . |
| 20 | ‘ They must have got quite a shock seeing a 4lb 6oz bird sunning itself on the garden wall , ’ said Gary . |
| 21 | Next week came , and we never got that half hour , so it must have added up a lot , all throughout the year . |