Example sentences of "she must have [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But she i if they say she 's made a payment , she must have made a payment .
2 He , too , checked with the police and rang back to confirm that Derek had not been arrested and that he felt she must have made a mistake .
3 She waited a moment for the signal to appear somewhere on the grid , then leaned forward to key the search sequence again , thinking she must have made a mistake .
4 She must have made a mistake herself .
5 Eva has never been one to indulge in self pity but she must have missed the warmth of the Australian sun , and the family back home .
6 When Mrs Handy went to the sink she must have touched the machine and up to two hundred and forty volts passed through her body .
7 She must have liked a book of mine , ’ he said .
8 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 .
9 Young girls feel things so deeply … she must have seen no future at all .
10 As I went one way she must have gone the other .
11 She was sitting with her back to him , and did not turn round even though she must have heard the sound of horse 's hooves on the hard pebbled path behind her .
12 But she must have meant the monkey , for another mother said :
13 Well she must have paid a bit off .
14 She must have taken a knife to push the cord through , she said , there was hardly any room for it .
15 ‘ When I got back I found I had left the garden door a little ajar ; she must have taken a chill .
16 Once I 'd discounted the story you gave me about Lori 's reasons for being there , I realised the note could only have come from her , and therefore she must have taken the jade . ’
17 She must have taken the letter straight to a photocopy shop after collecting it from the skip and then posted the copy to Zen before returning to the house , calculating that if the copy came to light each of the Milettis would equally be under suspicion .
18 Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke .
19 She must have put the idea into his head herself : pinned it onto the back of his mind , like one of her flaming hairpieces .
20 From the length of it , she must have had a truck waiting outside the check-out .
21 She must have had a life apart from what we know about and she 's living it , ’ she concluded , lamely .
22 She must have had a posting , or else obtained her demob while I was still at Binbrook , because I have a distinct memory of Sheila hammering nails into this crate before despatching it to her new destination , and scornfully refusing all help from J. , who was standing by with the hammer and nails .
23 Well she must have thought a lot of
24 Ianthe remembered that Miss Grimes had been to Spain for her holiday one year , but she supposed that she must have bought the wine specially when Ianthe had said she was coming to see her .
25 Whilst , prima facie , the wife could sue the husband on this implied covenant if the leasehold covenants have not been complied with , it is likely ( in view of the fact that she must have known the state and condition of the property ) that the husband could have the assignment rectified to exclude this covenant ; far better therefore , if applicable , to exclude this part of the beneficial owner covenant ab initio .
26 She must have got the balance wrong and it 's stuck .
27 ‘ You 're not to worry about a thing , Rachaela , ’ she must have found the name out from a nurse .
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