Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] must have " in BNC.
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| 1 | It seems to me now that I must have been more than a little simple , because I received a telephone call from the home the very next day . |
| 2 | Now , was it Margery Fish or Vita Sackville-West whose rhapsodies persuaded me that I must have this lime-green foamy-flowered plant with the scalloped leaves edged with silver hairs , in which captured raindrops gleamed like opals , at absolutely any price ? |
| 3 | All I know , like the protestors when the Julian became the Gregorian calendar , is that I must have missed something . |
| 4 | My expressing some Fear of being troublesome in coming so frequently , occasioned a great Variety of Invitations , both in Verse and Prose ; which I could seldom resist : And indeed her whole Behaviour to me was so extremely good-natur 'd and obliging , that I must have been the most ungrateful Person in the World , if I had not endeavour 'd to make some Return . |
| 5 | I had kept all the abuse that had been happening to me very much to myself — it seemed to me that I must have been very bad . |
| 6 | As I can remember very little about the rest of the day I presume that I must have been unconscious most of the time . |
| 7 | Why wo n't I admit that I must have the shortest arms in the world ? |
| 8 | Only , I think , in so far as I 've seen so many pictures over the years that I must have picked up some knowledge and a sort of an overview of what there is in English art , so that I can make better comparisons . |
| 9 | No doubt it will transpire that I must have known this Paykhull . ’ |
| 10 | I told him this evening that I must have some daylight . |
| 11 | It never was matter for such fear to me that I must have tried to silence him . |
| 12 | ‘ I mean , my dear Shiona , that I must have your absolute assurance that you do n't intend trying to spirit her away again . ’ |
| 13 | But I think I can take it that I must have been a little — er — unsteady with my actions . |
| 14 | ‘ For once , not Rosemary , though I 'm getting more and more desperate about not knowing what to do for the best , ’ he confessed , but went on to explain , ‘ I spent a lot of time yesterday in realising that I must have been a real wet blanket when Naylor announced your engagement on Saturday . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Lots of people say it must be easy for my family to carry on in music and that I must have taught them everything — but I feel they just inherited their love of music as it 's in our blood . ’ |
| 16 | And I mun that I must have words in front of me , if I do n't have words in front of me even though I know it , I I still forget it . |
| 17 | But from what we know of local practices It would seem that she must have been crucified Very near an ant-hill . |
| 18 | But then she found that she must have been without noticing , for she discovered that there was writing everywhere which she could read without even trying . |
| 19 | Others , that she must have been born with it . |
| 20 | She had hinted darkly that Wilson herself must be to blame , that she must have been weak , must not have written plain enough and as she had been instructed . |
| 21 | For example , she considered Yardley 's Foundation Cream highly desirable , and would purchase it at every shop where it was to be found , with the consequence that she must have had dozens of pots stored , all drying up , in the limited accommodation provided in her billet . |
| 22 | I concluded that she must have some internal pathology based on the effect of the remedy , the family history of cancer in close relatives , and the past history of recurrent infections and long-term birth-control pill use . |
| 23 | One would have thought that she must have been brought in from that area . |
| 24 | He concluded that she must have been reading modern novels . ) |
| 25 | But you had known her for so long that she must have seemed immortal . ’ |
| 26 | Workmen on the site had tried to catch the under-nourished dog , but had n't managed to get anywhere near her — they all thought that she must have been very badly abused because she was so terrified of people . |
| 27 | Only that she must have been holding out on him all these years , that she did have memories which she had covered up or , to give her the benefit of the doubt , conveniently forgotten about . |
| 28 | Although Mr Cross was perturbed at his strange encounter , he dismissed his consternation and decided that she must have been a village girl who had watched the train and then returned home . |
| 29 | My sister-in-law answered , so quickly that she must have been right beside the telephone . |
| 30 | He persuaded the court that she must have raped him . |