Example sentences of "[noun sg] must have [vb pp] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proviso of the key must have raised a few eyebrows . |
| 2 | By the time of the next election , Labour must have established a clear ideological alternative in the voters ' mind . |
| 3 | The cat must have got a bigger shock . |
| 4 | The boy must have had a terrible time at school . |
| 5 | The plaintiff must have had a genuine freedom of choice before the defence can be successfully raised against him . |
| 6 | This declaration proved to be premature , although a recommendation that there should be a longer term for the candidate stage towards full party membership must have provided a useful mechanism for sifting the wheat from the chaff . |
| 7 | This group must have exerted a considerable attraction , enough to account for the growth of a small community containing shops , a bakery and blacksmiths . |
| 8 | For those widowed or bereaved in other ways , victory must have had a hollow sound . |
| 9 | A baby must have brought a grinding halt to her career ? ’ he enquired slowly . |
| 10 | Although there was never a great deal of action , at one time the firm must have done a fair trade as old Mr. Talbot was reputed to be a very wealthy man . |
| 11 | [ 5 ] So the dream vision must have had a tremendous impact on his perception of the world . |
| 12 | The agency account man must have had a sticky time explaining that one to the client . |
| 13 | erm I think the city must have become a real mess , there were stores piled up everywhere , wood , coal , corn , often I think they had to build sort of , something to hold the corn , there 's a lot of the evidence for that in the college accounts certainly . |
| 14 | I really felt she had gone too far ; the book must have cost a small fortune . |
| 15 | Rodrigo must have learned a great deal from these intelligent , cultured people . |
| 16 | At Charlton Mackerell ( right ) the carver must have mistaken a lighted candle for a flower in the bottom corner , when copying from a book |
| 17 | We have proper birth certificates , because my mother must have told a simple lie to the registrar , a discovery about the verisimilitude of documents that worries me a lot as a historian . |
| 18 | He and Mother must have thought a great deal of the place to go to that expense at a time when money was so short . |
| 19 | The segments of lemon embedded in clear apple jelly must have made a ravishing little dessert dish : |
| 20 | Even so , the sequence of events remains rapid and Eorpwald 's death must have constituted a serious threat to Eadwine 's position south of the Humber . |