Example sentences of "i would have [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sometimes , I 'd have to take a turn if someone failed to arrive , enthroning myself at the green baize table and stuffing myself with shrimp rolls and pickles , me , the killer who 'd lived on bugs . |
| 2 | In any case , with the church deserted it would be quite safe I felt certain — provided there were no more nasty shocks , I 'd have to take a chance on that — to descend . |
| 3 | Oh yeah well er well wo I 'd take a pay cut because erm well I 'd have to take a pay cut anyway , but the thing is though , with my pension with my pension from day one I ai n't gon na be too bad off anyway . |
| 4 | If I really had to spend a long time hurting someone slowly , I 'd have to use a blindfold : them or me , one of us would have to have their eyes hidden . |
| 5 | Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ? |
| 6 | Re Reg er er , er say we had er say , twenty ton o twenty ton of oats come in and we soon used them up before the next lot , I 'll start on the next lot he , the sample man 'd come in , you know , sample in come them oats he 'd come up perhaps , when they come in , check the first two or three sacks with me , you see , and then I 'd have to get a rubber get a bowl full of oats , bowl full of whole oats put into the rubber , see and get a bowl full of whole and put them through the crusher and crush the main , like , you know , like we used to have , just squeeze them , you know crack them |
| 7 | I 'd have to have a laugh about it … could n't resist a comment . |
| 8 | No , I 'd have to have a radiator fitted and da you have to have that pump on , so I mean pump 'd gone all out of |
| 9 | I 'd have to dig a quarter of an acre . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd have to keep a promise . ’ |
| 11 | When I was told that I 'd have to share a kitchen and bathroom with strangers I could n't help thinking how this would astound the people at home , how they would snort with laughter at the idea that this could really happen in England , mother of civilization . |
| 12 | I would have to take a taxi back to Sligo once I had seen the sights , for there was no return bus . |
| 13 | To keep them in my sights , I would have to hitch a lift on something shiny — Riva 's wedding ring is the only thing I can think of that might work . |
| 14 | I had got so used to the straight criss-crossing North-South , East-West roads of most American cities that I would have to acquire a taste for the more complex and possibly much more fascinating spread of London lanes . |
| 15 | I would have to find a way of bypassing it . |
| 16 | Because my parents were not well off , I would have to win a scholarship . |
| 17 | It looked as if I would have to have a go at the electricity meter with an electro-magnet again . |
| 18 | So , when I found I wanted to write a book that would reflect a little on whether we should strive to be perfect or settle for the second-best but practical , I realised I would have to have a murder that was in some way imperfect . |
| 19 | In a larger building , like that in which I work , I would have to store a lot of instructions of the above kind in order to find my way about . |
| 20 | ‘ Sam Hall told me they wanted me to stay on — but I would have to accept a lease , ’ John said . |