Example sentences of "must have [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of these large animals could possibly have passed over the arms of the sea which now separates these countries , and their presence plainly indicates that a land communication must have existed since the origin of the species … ’ |
| 2 | The expectation that the new borrowings will be available , if required , must have existed at the balance sheet date and this expectation should be reviewed in the light of any post balance sheet events to ensure it remains reasonable on the date the financial statements are approved by the directors . |
| 3 | Cave was older than the rest of the party , and the only one with knowledge of Iran ; he also suffered from a bad back , and must have landed with a fierce combination of jet-lag , suspicion and pain . |
| 4 | From the volume , Paige guessed the machine must have landed on the lawn . |
| 5 | To the humans it must have sounded like a high-pitched chattering . |
| 6 | It encouraged him towards early independence and self-sufficiency without which he would not have got his career off to so quick a start ; and it must have contributed to the ease with which , to further that career , he uprooted himself first from South Africa and later from his adopted second homeland in Britain . |
| 7 | To take the photograph he must have stood on the edge of the wood , under the beech hedge which bounded it perhaps . |
| 8 | Mallard may have been the fastest steam train in the world , but how many mothers must have complained about the journey ? |
| 9 | Despite Alcuin 's reservations about Eardwulf , the king must have stepped into the shoes of the slain Aethelred as a recipient of Carolingian favours and may even have married a kinswoman of Charlemagne . |
| 10 | Well , this old bell must have fallen off a ship , or perhaps it got washed out here in a flood . |
| 11 | In spite of falling into bed feeling wide awake and convinced she would be awake for hours , she must have fallen into a deep sleep that had lasted for all of ten minutes ! |
| 12 | It must have fallen into the trap some time ago . |
| 13 | They must have fallen from a very great height to end up like that ! |
| 14 | They must have fallen from the loft and hopped inside , and touched something in there that brought the rusty flap crashing down to entomb them . |
| 15 | Erm you must have heard of the phrases of poncing , where somebody is operating a prostitute and if they do n't get a required amount of money a week or er er an amount of money where they consider it sufficient , they 'll probably go and beat them up or something like that . |
| 16 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 17 | But they 're going to develop a ride which will recreate how it must have felt at the time . |
| 18 | The Telegraph commented : ‘ As Sir Alf [ pictured ] watched his team begin their first game together since last November he must have felt like a yachtsman who takes the winter covers off his boat , eases it into the water and finds it has sprung leaks fore , aft and midships . ’ |
| 19 | But yesterday 's rain-hit showdown must have felt like a recurring nightmare for Faldo , too . |
| 20 | Danish interest in conquering England , if indulged by Harald at all , must have lapsed during the fatal quarrel with his son Swegen . |
| 21 | He thought this one must have escaped from the National Theatre down the road . |
| 22 | But — you must have escaped from the TARDIS ? ’ |
| 23 | Yet , Boswell must have written on the hoof , and in fat detail — a diligence requiring either unstoppable ambition , and an almost morbid discipline — or both . |
| 24 | Events in many countries over the last few years must have re-awakened in every English soul , an awareness of what it means to be English . |
| 25 | The abbey church of St Ricquier , built in the 790s , had galleries in its apses , and choir screens round the area of some of its altars , with the idea ( as we know from the ritual order of its Abbot Angilbert ) of dividing the monks ' and boys ' choirs ; the building must have echoed to the sound of these choirs as they answered each other antiphonally from different parts of it . |
| 26 | One must have served as a recumbent tombstone , since it has a slot at one end to hold a vertical cross . |
| 27 | Associates of the Institute must have served in a solicitor 's office for three years and have passed four examination papers in law and Fellows must be over 25 , have served eight years in a solicitor 's office and have passed a further three examinations from a list of subjects offered by the Institute . |
| 28 | He must have ridden through the crowd but I did n't see him do it . |
| 29 | The Chief Constable must have called in the Yard within a few minutes of getting the news . |
| 30 | To marry by certificate with licence either of the partners must have lived in the area for 15 days ad both must be in the country when notice is given . |