Example sentences of "she must have [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But she i if they say she 's made a payment , she must have made a payment .
2 He , too , checked with the police and rang back to confirm that Derek had not been arrested and that he felt she must have made a mistake .
3 She waited a moment for the signal to appear somewhere on the grid , then leaned forward to key the search sequence again , thinking she must have made a mistake .
4 She must have made a mistake herself .
5 She must have liked a book of mine , ’ he said .
6 I think she must have seen a lot of things at that time which had made her the way she was , seen things in the blackout and in the underground stations .
7 Well she must have paid a bit off .
8 She must have taken a knife to push the cord through , she said , there was hardly any room for it .
9 ‘ When I got back I found I had left the garden door a little ajar ; she must have taken a chill .
10 Once they heard her say , ‘ But Harry , you ca n't keep on — ’ And then she must have put a hand over the mouthpiece , because they did not hear anything else until , suddenly , another voice spoke .
11 From the length of it , she must have had a truck waiting outside the check-out .
12 She must have had a life apart from what we know about and she 's living it , ’ she concluded , lamely .
13 She must have had a posting , or else obtained her demob while I was still at Binbrook , because I have a distinct memory of Sheila hammering nails into this crate before despatching it to her new destination , and scornfully refusing all help from J. , who was standing by with the hammer and nails .
14 Well she must have thought a lot of
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