Example sentences of "[adj] must [vb infin] [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That must have caused a flutter . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ That must have cost a pretty penny , ’ Mickey Aronson declared , not really expecting to be told the price . |
| 3 | That must have cost a packet . |
| 4 | But then you would know about that — your business , that must have taken a fair amount of hard work . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ They are doing it for you and the children. : This must have saved a lot of misery , as she was really listened to . |
| 6 | Indirectly this must have represented a challenge to the influence of Aethelred of Mercia in the East Saxon region . |
| 7 | The number of kings who came to grief in the fifth century is staggeringly high , and this must have had a deterrent effect on kings who contemplated taking initiatives . |
| 8 | Now that in England we pay an average of six copper pence per lemon , I think I would still find them almost worth the silver pennies which in z 533 must have represented a pretty large sum . |
| 9 | It was built before the war , and I have a Shanks loo , which makes me think that the British must have had a hand in building it . |
| 10 | Pangaea at the end of the Palaeozoic must have experienced a climate of extreme continentality , not only because of its coherence ( Valentine & Moores , 1972 ) but because of the high albedo of extensive low-latitude deserts ( Barron et al . , |
| 11 | The fact that the subject matter was so dire must have posed a problem for the programmers . |
| 12 | The following work carried out ( or directly and actively supervised ) : ( a ) either at least 60 personal injury instructions in the 5 years prior to the application or at least 36 personal injury instructions in the 3 years prior to the application — in either case , no more than half of the instructions should be in medical negligence cases ; ( b ) at least one personal injury case where the award or settlement was approved by the court because the plaintiff was under a disability , eg a child ; and ( c ) at least ten cases set down and ready for trial , of which at least two must have involved a dispute over liability . |