Example sentences of "[modal v] have [to-vb] a [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I 'll have to have a few words with whoever has been saying this . |
| 2 | Now the Child Support Agency says he 'll have to pay a hundred pounds a week . |
| 3 | I might have to unbend a few things , though . ’ |
| 4 | We might even be able to evolve an exact reconstruction of a dodo by selectively breeding pigeons , though we 'd have to live a million years in order to complete the experiment . |
| 5 | He may have to wait a few years to enter a Tory Cabinet . |
| 6 | I really would have to acquire a few pairs of stockings , and dispense with my poodle anklets . |
| 7 | If Fen had n't returned by morning she would have to pack a few essentials , lock up the boat and make her way back to Little Kirkton by public transport , and Fen would have achieved his objective — to be rid of her . |
| 8 | ‘ But I shall have to explain a few things . |