Example sentences of "must [verb] [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must 've gone crazy . ’ |
| 2 | They must 've missed that one . |
| 3 | ‘ Must 've heard this fucker coming in , ’ deduces the striped pyjamas . |
| 4 | ‘ When we started out , I must 've practised twelve hours a day for three months , spending hours working on an open string to get those eighth notes , and the triplets shuffle effect — talk about your hands being a bloody mess . |
| 5 | She must 've used more than that . |
| 6 | Never well you must 've looked big Deb cos you 're small . |
| 7 | People were still walking up the drive , and one or two were beginning to walk back down it : they must 've had enough of visiting for today , like me . |
| 8 | You must 've put two in . |
| 9 | They , they must have existed these characters |
| 10 | Jimmy Adams , too , who must have pushed match-award adjudicator Everton Weekes close to a three way split , sat head bowed in the dressing-room , contemplating the following week 's engagement at Eppleton in the Durham Senior League . |
| 11 | ‘ I told Nathaniel that he must have completed two jumps . |
| 12 | Going about their daily tasks , the people of these villages must have grown tired of the tramp of marching feet . |
| 13 | Although Georgian architecture is now so popular and so familiar , its introduction must have shocked some people at the time . |
| 14 | I was pretty mad and must have sounded that way . |
| 15 | " Perhaps that 'd be going too far , " but I must have sounded wistful , because he said , " I do n't see why . |
| 16 | I must have sounded astonished . |
| 17 | The theory must have sounded wonderful to the think-tankers who dreamed it up . |
| 18 | I must have prepared some twelve pieces for possible auditions . |
| 19 | It must have amused that bastard greatly to write back saying you were betrothed . |
| 20 | I must have worn two or three copies out ! ’ he laughs . |
| 21 | He must have worn those jeans on countless beaches and fishing trips . |
| 22 | ‘ The Foreign Minister must have authorized this reply . |
| 23 | He is standing as he must have stood that afternoon on the shore of the Gulf of San Miguel , four-square and haughty , bucklered , helmeted , spurred , and looking out over the greatest ocean in the world . |
| 24 | I must have stood next to them in the Tube , passed them in the street , of course I 've overheard them and I knew they existed . |
| 25 | That meant , or so I like to flatter myself , that it must have struck some chord with at least one practising politician . |
| 26 | ‘ I must have missed that one . ’ |
| 27 | But I must have missed that film . |
| 28 | I was thrilled to hear of cuts on TV on at least two occasions but NatWest must have missed this . |
| 29 | I wanted nothing more , though I think Dana must have wanted other things that I never thought of offering him ; with him alone I would have been happy to do what I had always denied others . |
| 30 | Even on a far smaller scale the pilgrimages to Jerusalem of the third century B.C. must have represented important events . |