Example sentences of "that [pron] must [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so arrogant , so sure that nothing must interfere with her comfort , that she would n't have listened . ’ |
| 2 | As she slept in her Italian-designed tube steel bed with the iron-grey duvet , she felt sure that Steve in the room across the corridor must know who was in there with her , and as she went to work next day , she felt sure that everyone must see what she was dragging with her . |
| 3 | I think that I must assume the existence of some person in the defendants ' employment who accepted and appropriated the money with a full knowledge of all the facts , particularly the discussion which had preceded the institution of the action , and the pending of the action itself , who knew and realised that the right of the defendants to receive the money was at the moment sub judice , and indeed on the point of coming before this court for decision . |
| 4 | Imagine my disgust when I told the car park attendant of the delays , only to be informed that I must pay for two hours parking , as ‘ That is what is on the computer . ’ |
| 5 | It is because I share it that I must draw attention to the scandalous mismanagement of the housing stock in Liverpool . |
| 6 | Come over the road with me , it 's your last night and I 've decided that I must show you my garden . ’ |
| 7 | Such thoughts soothed me , and then the reality of what had happened would come shooting through my consciousness like a speedboat churning up a calm sea : how dare he decree that I must wear a badge indicating , for men 's convenience , whether I was available or already had an owner ? |
| 8 | " How extraordinary to hear you say that , " said Clara , " I was expecting you to say what all my other friends say , that I must clear out quick , be ruthless , cut all ties , leave her to it , live my own life . |
| 9 | My wife had determined that I must swop my old bike for a car after I told her of an encounter with an old pupil of mine as I was toiling up the hill by the power station in Haughton Road , Darlington . |
| 10 | Mrs Lyons thought for a moment , and then she said : ‘ I see that I must tell you . |
| 11 | If there 's one thing I think I 'm sure of , it 's the fact that I must marry Selina . |
| 12 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
| 13 | But this is one of the experiences that taught me very early in my career that I must do the opposite . |
| 14 | It also means that I must do no injury in any form to the sub-human species . |
| 15 | This year has been the most difficult and disturbing of my 40-year reign , but it has brought home to me that I must do everything I can to continue to carry out that duty . |
| 16 | As such , I will realize that I must do it , whether I wish to or not . |
| 17 | I am sure you will agree that I must do so , because my front-man activities must cease sometime … |
| 18 | And I began to feel it heavy upon me , that I must do her will . ’ |
| 19 | Vlado told me that I must do as he asked — but I could simply make myself appear a fool by reporting news of no consequence . |
| 20 | I see that I must do a little bargaining on my own behalf . |
| 21 | The pressure from London , however , was unrelenting : ‘ Gould has been so clamorous lately ’ , Lear wrote to Jardine , ‘ at my not having done any Birds of Europe for him , that I must do a batch for him without further delay . ’ |
| 22 | This suggests , I think , that I must refine my earlier criterion in the following way : it is wrong for a person to be treated as a means to the satisfaction of another 's desire , and only allowable for them to be treated , with their consent , as a means to the satisfaction of another 's needs , if no other means for their satisfaction can be made available . |
| 23 | I feel that I must clarify ( I do n't presume to think that all your readers will have read the catalogue raisonné ) my intentions , and those of the authors in embarking upon this book . |
| 24 | Is it to the Holy Spirit , then , that I must assign Buddhism 's denial of the possibility of forgiveness , or communism 's cavalier attitude to truth and human life , or the self-satisfied man-centredness of much contemporary humanism ? |
| 25 | ‘ But you were right when you insisted that I must give myself the opportunity to learn my true feelings , although … ’ |
| 26 | In the struggle and confusion that was going on in my heart I knew that he loved me and I loved him , but I also knew that I must leave him ! |
| 27 | That I must leave . " |
| 28 | This was further demonstrated by the fact that , when I murmured some apologies that I must leave , he insisted on my staying for some tea . |
| 29 | He also said that I would have to become dedicated , my lifestyle would have to change and , most importantly , that I must set my sights high . |
| 30 | Now I see , he wrote , that I must abandon it as I have abandoned everything else . |