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HalvarF
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In addition to Emanuel's answer:

What might make this a bit harder for English speakers is the fact that in English, "must" is not a normal verb that can be put into perfect tense, and the replacement is, of all verbs, "to have to".

Danach bin ich ganz allein gewesen und [ich] habe gehen müssen, als es zu schlimm geworden ist.

Afterwards, I was all alone, and I had to leave when it became too bad.

To help you analyze the part "Ich habe gehen müssen", I'm going to build it up step by step:

Ich gehe.
with müssen: Ich muss gehen.
set to perfect tense, southern style: Ich habe gehen gemusst.
Hochdeutsch, with Ersatzinfinitiv: Ich habe gehen müssen.

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