Example sentences of "i [modal v] have [verb] for a " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
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	I know the ‘ next steps ’ , i.e. when I will be contacted and when I might have to return for a second interview .
3	I might have to go for a recall .
4	Only the day before I might have prayed for a stray round to puncture the car and my coffin and put me out of my endless misery .
5	I might have wished for a little less detachment in the Rodrigo ( the adagio in particular is rather cool ) , but the Villa-Lobos offerings suit Kraft down to the ground .
6	I 'll have to go for a little walk .
7	‘ I 'll have to look for a new posting . ’
8	If I could have asked for a gift , I suppose it would have been the ability to make a living as a musician .
9	As far as new managers go , I 'd have to go for a partnership between Mr. Robson & Mr. Hoddle .
10	‘ I 'd have asked for a final orgy myself , but each to his own .
11	I 'd have cried , I 'd have brooded for a long time .
12	I 'd have banked for a draw actually
13	If I 'd wanted to really zoom around the fretboard I would 've opted for a medium/short-scale bass with really light , roundwound strings .
14	‘ I am the mother of a spastic child but had I been told before his birth that my son would be handicapped I would have asked for an abortion .
15	What I would have given for a sesame bap .
16	Beauty is only skin deep , as they say , but I would have hoped for a lot more from a C64 .
17	‘ When I was 16 I would have died for a cream cake , but how I 've brainwashed myself not to want them . ’
18	Denied ‘ I would have settled for a point , ’ said Little .
19	Robert Dunlop said : ‘ When I came today I would have settled for a lot less .

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