Example sentences of "[noun pl] must have [vb pp] from " in BNC.

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1 Her brilliant blue eyes must have come from her father .
2 Whatever was being alleged against her neighbours must have come from statements made by her children in care .
3 Although islands may be formed by a variety of processes , such as vulcanism , tectonic movements and accumulation , many of the world 's present islands must have resulted from the Post-glacial rise of sea level .
4 As they were neither wholly water-resistant nor airtight some very unpleasant odours must have arisen from below .
5 ‘ So you see , ’ she said , as she finished explaining that the sheets must have disappeared from the flat , ‘ I have n't got anything at all to back up my story . ’
6 Mr Frank Tyack of Sheffield knew that his ancestors must have come from Cornwall , for Tyack is a Cornish word meaning ‘ farmer ’ .
7 Then the water vapour which condensed into oceans must have come from early volcanic activity and from the gaseous components of the solid Earth itself .
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