Example sentences of "must [vb infin] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must 've whacked it fairly hard to caused that sort of damage . |
| 2 | oh well , they must 've worked it out and find out she 's got ta be better off keeping her job |
| 3 | First you must fill the tank — a relatively idiot-proof exercise , though you must remember to unscrew it carefully and slowly when replenishing it , since the steam is kept under considerable pressure . |
| 4 | ‘ Holy fuck , woman , ye must have worn it out . ’ |
| 5 | She was n't a virgin anyway , she must have wanted it really . |
| 6 | He must have wanted it so badly . |
| 7 | Her eyes flew wide open , the voice in her mind so clear that she felt sure he must have heard it too . |
| 8 | He must have felt it too — how could he not when he was so close ; how could he fail to pick up the reckless drumming of her senses ? |
| 9 | You must have fucked it up . |
| 10 | I think we must have bunged it up with some gunge ! |
| 11 | By nature he is very much ‘ one of the boys ’ , which must have made it hard to assert himself , he does not find it easy to take advice and is readily upset by criticism . |
| 12 | She must have given it straight to Charles . ’ |
| 13 | Dawn must have done it then . |
| 14 | No , you could n't throw yourself off , folks must have done it too often , they 'd put massive fencing all along the sides . |
| 15 | ‘ Alex Household must have said it just before he shot the gun ; Micky heard it over the deaf-aid and just repeated it . ’ |
| 16 | It was supposed to be a big secret when we heard it but Open Systems Today must have announced it internally by now — it 's killing off its stepchild , the Santa Cruz Magazine . |
| 17 | ‘ My mother must have left it here . ’ |
| 18 | Rain said : ‘ You must have left it on . ’ |
| 19 | When you stop them , they act all stupid , go back in the changing rooms , pull up their jackets and say , ’ Oh , there it is , I must have left it on by mistake . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ You must have left it very tight to get here so late , ’ Moran said . |
| 21 | " she must have left it behind by mistake , " said Billy 's father . |
| 22 | ‘ Then he must have switched it off when he persuaded Suzie not to return to England with her friends as planned . ’ |
| 23 | he sort of must have switched it off and switched it back on . |
| 24 | Then her face cleared ; when she had leaned across to kiss Richard she must have nudged it off , and no doubt she would find it in her car when he brought it back in the morning . |
| 25 | From school I knew this parable by heart , and I think the reader must have known it too , because as he reached the concluding sentences , his frail hands were already feeling for the embroidered marker and preparing to close the great heavy book , so that his eyes were not on the page but were gazing unseeing into mine as he spoke the final well-worn words , ‘ Then said Jesus unto him , ‘ Go , and do thou likewise . ’ ’ |
| 26 | ‘ You must have knocked it over without knowing it . |
| 27 | All in all , Bobby Robson must have found it about as fruitful as a day trying to get in touch with Brian Clough . |
| 28 | The far bigger prehistoric apes must have found it much harder and therefore have been much more terrestrial . |
| 29 | At least , that was the thought I had , but for some reason I must have found it very nice because I stayed for 30 years ! ’ |
| 30 | He must have found it very tiresome , although I did sing in tune , and I 'm afraid went through several verses . |