Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bill thought I 'd died on him the other night cos I was , you know , me breathing and everything , and then all of a sudden I must 've relaxed for a bit and not needed to breathe and he give me a shock he says God I thought you were dead . |
| 2 | He should have gone for a walk on the Downs or gone shopping in the town for antiques , or spent the morning browsing in bookshops . |
| 3 | ‘ If they thought the children were in danger they should have gone for a care order in the first place , ’ Levy said . |
| 4 | Overturning this residence order the Appeal Court was clear Nottinghamshire SSD should have used the Act 's public law provisions from the outset — it should have gone for a care order or a supervision order , enabling social workers to oversee the children 's welfare . |
| 5 | Before LGCM took up its office in the tower of St Botolph 's , Malcolm Johnson should have applied for a faculty . |
| 6 | It was inevitable therefore that she should have looked for a career in motor racing — at least that was what she told herself . |
| 7 | They should have looked for a two-bedded , well-equipped flat in Norwich or in a convenient village close to the shops and post office , and to a church , of course . |
| 8 | It annoyed her intensely that she should have thought for a moment that the dreadful feeling she 'd experienced when he 'd told her he had an engagement was jealousy . |
| 9 | Soon after he came to power he personally led an expedition against the Shanqalla negroes on the Sudan border , and my father affirmed that the slaughter there must have satisfied for a time even his craving for blood . |
| 10 | He thought that he had heard the house door close : McAllister must have left for a stroll , or perhaps even a visit up West , and it would be safe for him to leave the surgery where he had been reading Mr H. G. Wells 's scientific romance The Time Machine , and return to the comfort of his armchair . |
| 11 | HARRISON Ford must have wished for a second take during a speech in London to promote his new film , The Fugitive , based on the hit 1960 television series starring David Janssen . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , you 'll have to stay for a cup of tea , then , ’ he said . |
| 13 | ‘ The thing is we 'll have to do something or we 'll find we 'll have to work for a living and we do n't want to do that . ’ |
| 14 | In one bookshop in Kent you might have imagined for a moment that you were actually in a teacher-training college library . |
| 15 | They looked after each other , that was all , as each of them might have cared for a pet and been solicitous for its well-being . |
| 16 | Er they may have had some inkling , but you know they might have applied for a timings , you know it suddenly comes . |
| 17 | I might have to go for a recall . |
| 18 | Seth 's thin lips assumed a configuration that might have passed for a smile . |
| 19 | The list of British craft union leaders of this period is filled with men who worked for a spell in the United States or somewhere else overseas , as they might have worked for a spell in Newcastle or Barrow-in-Furness . |
| 20 | The FRES estimates that their members might have had about 60,000 temporaries on the payroll at any one time in 1985 ( a figure broadly consistent with the LFS data ) , but that some half a million persons might have worked for an agency for some period in the course of that year ( interview with FRES ) . |
| 21 | He might have shaved for a match , thought Perdita ; the girl in the petrol station must have a skin like garlic sausage . |
| 22 | ‘ And they could have arranged for a taxi . ’ |
| 23 | Perhaps you 'd have let me know we could have gone for a beer . |
| 24 | Yet Thomas , 17 , who made a scoring debut as a substitute last week , could have to settle for a place on the bench again as Hearts look to John Robert- son and Ian Ferguson to shoulder the responsibility in attack . |
| 25 | If I could have asked for a gift , I suppose it would have been the ability to make a living as a musician . |
| 26 | As far as new managers go , I 'd have to go for a partnership between Mr. Robson & Mr. Hoddle . |
| 27 | We 'd have killed for an outcome like this at any time since 1975 . |
| 28 | Now he 'd have to rely for a lift on Colin who would n't be so keen on coming out of his way . |
| 29 | If he 'd been thrown in as he was , he 'd have sunk for a bit , and then probably come up again . |
| 30 | I 'd have banked for a draw actually |