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

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1 For the young , there must have existed an inherited inborn enjoyment of life , for it can fairly safely be assumed that the pleasure experienced by them when at play , so obvious to modern man , must have been observable all through evolution .
2 You must have cared an awful lot about her to deliberately stay away from London because of her .
3 If this were so then these other clubs must have breathed a sigh of relief when City 's books were not produced .
4 To qualify for an ultra race , runners must have completed a full marathon in under three hours 30 minutes .
5 To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA or a similar degree-level qualification in management .
6 To be eligible for the DBA programme candidates must have completed an MBA ( Master of Business Administration ) or a similar degree-level qualification in management .
7 He must have constructed a pretty good strong bow too ( according to my detailed instructions ) which would by now no doubt be broken into unidentifiable pieces in distant undergrowth .
8 Mike Gatting presented , and in the pre-match interviews he stressed that it was very , very hot , and I swear Gatt must have lost a stone just standing out in the middle talking about the pitch .
9 Looking back on that then , you must have lost a great number of colleagues and workmates that it must give you sort of mixed feelings looking back on it ?
10 ‘ And take something for yourself ; you must have lost a day 's trading to chase after us . ’
11 She 'd never had a weight problem , of course , but she must have lost a few pounds over the past few days , because the waistband of the shorts she was wearing this morning — which she had purchased in New York only last Saturday — was already far looser than it had been .
12 Since he did not have the physical strength of most of the others , this was important for him and must have contributed a lot to his effectiveness .
13 Exceptionally dashing in his polo clothes ( he was a ten-goal player ) , he must have struck an imposing figure at six foot four .
14 I think we must have missed a briefing from
15 She said she was sure I must have missed an English Christmas abroad all these years .
16 He bought all the most fantastic " unrealistic " fiction he could find and afford ; by the rules they must have hidden a clue away in it " somewhere .
17 ‘ The police think she — Sybil — must have disturbed an intruder , and there 's some suggestion that the same person killed Angy .
18 Thus , at least one of the systems that children have been learning over the centuries in the ancestral forms of BV must have incorporated a three-way distinction of meet/meat/mate .
19 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 .
20 Indirectly this must have represented a challenge to the influence of Aethelred of Mercia in the East Saxon region .
21 She must have dozed a little and the train grew stuffy as the sun hit the windows .
22 But the fact that he must have discerned a certain shyness in her responses …
23 You must have received a NEWOED1 form completed by the lexicographers and the New OED Computer Group Manager before starting .
24 You must have received a NEWOED1 form completed by the Lexicographers and the New OED Computer Group Manager before proceeding .
25 You must have received a NEWOED1 form completed by the Computer Group Manager before starting .
26 You must have received a NEWOED2 form completed by the lexicographers and the New OED Computer Group Manager before starting .
27 He would never understand how she could memorize all those complex , impossibly long poems , yet forget the words of a simple song she must have heard a thousand times or more .
28 They must have heard a lot of wonderful music-making .
29 I must have heard a car door slam , or something . ’
30 And it should be said that , at least outwardly , Murphy and his men retained their charm and their good humour throughout what must have become a harrowing experience .
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