Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] must be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , when he heard my answers to his questions , he realized I must be alive , and he could not hide his astonishment . |
| 2 | I mean I must be honest , I did not feel that frightened erm it was n't an acute pain that that I mean I mean one of the things that one has to realize , you can become a heart attack bore . |
| 3 | I am hard hearted I am self centred I must be soft . |
| 4 | I work hard at dull , practical things , she thought , and so everyone thinks I must be mature and reliable and sensible ; but really it 's because I ca n't cope with the other things , the things that are frightening and dangerous . |
| 5 | Since the majority of modern machines have airbrakes which are held closed by a geometric lock , it is essential that the method of checking them must be foolproof for this kind of system . |
| 6 | When they say I must be mad , I ask them , ‘ What do you do in your life ? ’ |
| 7 | Everyone knew about Billy 's woman , but he kept her hidden and it was supposed she must be married . |
| 8 | Thus I might argue that to know you must be certain , but that one can never be really certain and hence one can never really know . |
| 9 | To understand the force of these interpretations of what has been happening we must be clear as to what the contrasting but implicit concept of order is supposed to comprise . |
| 10 | One might think that clause 2 is insufficient : to believe that p is not so strong as to be certain that p , and to know one must be certain , not just believe . |
| 11 | In order to meet customer needs we must be able to respond more quickly and flexibly to changing conditions . |
| 12 | I do n't know it must be wonderful to be able to mend . |
| 13 | The most obvious clue to its presence is its movement , so in order for its camouflage to work it must be prepared to remain very still for long periods of time , or at least to alter its position very slowly and gently . |
| 14 | I expect it must be obvious that a serious , in-depth review of this instrument would take many more pages than are available here . |
| 15 | so you say it must be implicit in that decision that the , the commission was satisfied that the objective criteria er would separate the sheep from the goats , erm so that no one who would , would be excluded who was capable of competing |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 17 | This does not mean that in order to create you must be homosexual . |
| 18 | ‘ I have always said you must be willing , ’ he responded , and the smile did not leave his eyes . |
| 19 | But to create one must be great in oneself . |
| 20 | Now he says there must be direct military action |
| 21 | He says they must be scared . |
| 22 | But after a while he began to accept that what I told him must be true . |
| 23 | He says it must be significant that when , in the 1970s , semen from top British Friesian bulls was used in Norway along with Holstein semen from Canada and USA , the British Friesian had no impact on the population . |
| 24 | When editing you must be aware that the space between two italicised words is also italicised and that if you place the cursor on this space ( even if the space is a carriage return or tab ) any additions will also be italic . |
| 25 | I hope my decision to pay tax will help you understand that I accept I must be accountable to those I serve . |
| 26 | Whichever method you select you must be able to justify it to the company in order to recover your expenses . |
| 27 | ‘ If they attack we must be prepared to defend ourselves . ’ |
| 28 | These men were told they must be prepared to die . |
| 29 | She had thought it must be well into the small hours . |
| 30 | Whatever recording system is used it must be simple to operate and involve a minimum of effort . |