Example sentences of "must have cost [art] " in BNC.

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1 I really felt she had gone too far ; the book must have cost a small fortune .
2 ‘ It must have cost a fortune to build , ’ said Maud .
3 She was standing amidst a pile of bouquets , mostly pink and red roses which must have cost a fortune at this season , and chrysanthemums .
4 ‘ That must have cost a pretty penny , ’ Mickey Aronson declared , not really expecting to be told the price .
5 Yet he could n't quite drum up the enmity that seemed necessary in the circumstances , and that fact quite pleased him , for it proved what an enduring thing male friendship was , even if Jim did look to him less than his old self , and over-dressed in foreigners ' plumes that must have cost a packet in duty , the jacket obviously being pure wool .
6 It must have cost a lot of money to go for that amount of time ?
7 That must have cost a packet .
8 Must have cost a packet — and it 's not even my birthday . ’
9 But it was solid silver — and the inscription must have cost a bit as well .
10 She did n't object when we went to eat in a trattoria where the food and wine must have cost a week 's dole .
11 Some of the equipment in here must have cost a small fortune — it would be dreadful , would n't it , if there should happen to be an accident ? ’
12 The holly , being the sort of holly that is sold on street corners in London at this time of year , must have cost a fortune and it did n't have berries on .
13 ‘ It must have cost a fortune to have it taken apart piece by piece and reconstructed , but my Nico never hesitated .
14 I mean the carpet must have cost a fortune !
15 It must have cost a lot at the start but they
16 But they must have cost a lot
17 ‘ It must have cost an awful lot , all this , ’ she murmured , looking around across the large expanse of land , the huge , dominating barn .
18 It must have cost the earth , package and all .
19 He said the appeal must have cost the Sundial thousands of pounds .
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