Example sentences of "must have [vb pp] this " in BNC.

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1 ‘ The Foreign Minister must have authorized this reply .
2 I was thrilled to hear of cuts on TV on at least two occasions but NatWest must have missed this .
3 She spoke to her husband , but I thought she was addressing me , for he must have heard this before , or at least known what was in her mind .
4 They were in the throes of obtaining a contract to build 87 hawker Furies , the first military order placed outside the close knit ring of SBAC constructors , and must have felt this was where their immediate future lay .
5 Thucydides must have perceived this , without necessarily endorsing the extreme views which he gives two of his speakers : Alcibiades who said that democracy was acknowledged folly ; and Kleon who said that a democracy was incapable of running an empire ( vi.89 ; iii .
6 I felt sure she must have escaped this way .
7 I felt that she may have either directly or indirectly encouraged him to make this decision for several reasons : she was suffering ; she knew that he was n't going to leave the hospital and she accepted that ; and she did n't like seeing him talk himself into more suffering for him and for her ; and I do n't think there 's any question that in some sense she must have gotten this across to him that he ought to give up much more than anyone else .
8 Heathcliff must have discovered this from the servants .
9 They must have done this for at least ten minutes .
10 Ivy must have seen this to be right .
11 You must have seen this dozens of times . ’
12 I expected it to be either genetics or haematology , after what you must have seen this morning . ’
13 ‘ Someone must have seen this .
14 King Edward must have guessed this , or possibly some English sympathiser had slipped out of the town by night in a small boat undetected , which was quite possible , and informed him of the situation .
15 I — She must have said this to you .
16 Callimachus must have followed this up with his epic poem Galatea , which ( as Rudolf Pfeiffer suggested ) presented the Nereid Galatea as the mother of Galatos , the ancestor of the Galatians ( fr. 378–9 Pfeiffer ) .
17 She was saddened by the number of times the man must have asked this question .
18 He must have caught this same train many times , and all the others before and after , as I have .
19 David must have anticipated this , for as soon as he left his car he made his way across to them , Belinda in tow with her hand tucked into his arm .
20 ‘ But you must have known this before we set off , ’ said a very irate Italian .
21 No doubt it will transpire that I must have known this Paykhull . ’
22 She must have come this way often enough , she was a diligent churchgoer . ’
23 The diplomacy which must have preceded this match , and Cnut 's desire for it , imply worries about Robert 's attitude which were to prove well founded .
24 She must have had this whole floor bricked up from the outside . ’
25 And I think we must have had this video three times , you should be word perfect by now .
26 Well we must have had this cos when did this come , August ?
27 Lear must have found this side of Gould the most frustrating and hurtful ; he could not understand someone who did not think people were important .
28 He must have discussed this phenomenon with Robert Boyle on a number of occasions .
29 I must have chosen this day to have gone and met this man .
30 She must have chosen this psalm .
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