Example sentences of "[pron] must have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everything Fiona and Tremayne believed of me must have looked inevitable at that moment . |
| 2 | and , I must have collected two hundred at most . |
| 3 | I must have waited several minutes , I should have known but I could n't bear the suspense . |
| 4 | ‘ I must have travelled all the way with Sparky in the engine . |
| 5 | And I must have turned faint , or something . |
| 6 | In those days I think I must have regarded many of the people dotted about my landscape more as bushes than as the human beings I now see them to have been : some dull and uninteresting like laurel bushes ; some like lavender sweetly scented ; some thorny , to be avoided ; and then rose bushes , gooseberry bushes , fuchsia bushes — but all just part of the scenery , and I withdrawn from them into my dreams . |
| 7 | Tom Jones had hit the scene wearing black horseshoe-necked , flared-leg catsuits — I must have made two dozen crimplene copies . |
| 8 | I think , to be absolutely honest , I must have made all those bits up . |
| 9 | I must have made thousands over those university years , much to the annoyance of my own family , as I 'd rarely made the effort for them . |
| 10 | And it would just completely throw the lesson , and then I would find myself repeating it for them , and in one lesson I must have done that about three times , and I did n't make enough fuss to get those kids to the lesson on time . |
| 11 | That 's alright that , I must have done six loads of washing , for some reason I just did n't seem to have enough to do me loads |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I put down the receiver and sat on the stairs trembling with panic , and I think I must have become pale , because I remember that my face felt very cold . |
| 14 | My mouth fell open and I must have stared wide-eyed at him . |
| 15 | I must have fallen asleep again then … |
| 16 | I must have fallen asleep , for I dreamed that a girl was kissing me open-mouthed , the touch of her tongue light as a butterfly , and her hand caressing , and I woke suddenly to find I was thoroughly roused . |
| 17 | Drama begins : " I must have fallen asleep . |
| 18 | I must have fallen asleep — but then , that is the prerogative of an old woman , is n't it ? ’ |
| 19 | I must have worn two or three copies out ! ’ he laughs . |
| 20 | For example one notices over many years of you know having teaching I must have taught hundreds now in different class groups , ca n't help noticing that although you 're the same , subject is the same , the syllabus is the same , the reading list is the same , the room is the same , the time of day may be the same , but the groups are completely different . |
| 21 | I must have appeared sad . |
| 22 | ‘ I must have missed that one . ’ |
| 23 | But I must have missed that film . |
| 24 | " Perhaps that 'd be going too far , " but I must have sounded wistful , because he said , " I do n't see why . |
| 25 | I must have sounded astonished . |
| 26 | I must have prepared some twelve pieces for possible auditions . |
| 27 | But I must have met thousands of mothers in my career . |
| 28 | Yet I must have conveyed some uneasiness to my parents . |
| 29 | The time was now about nine-thirty , and I must have looked ghastly , for a young nurse who popped in with a set of pyjamas sized up the situation in a second and popped out again , running down the corridor calling for help . |
| 30 | I must have looked crestfallen , for Reid said at once , ‘ It 's the heart of a person that counts , Laddie , not the clothes they wear . |