Example sentences of "would have [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] [conj] " 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 But no ; if he did that , he 'd have to face the laughter and ridicule of the community .
3 Malc and I decided we 'd have to face the music and tell his parents and my Pop .
4 No it used to be just the sacks stop the dust and go down the back and I 've known the time what er , when they needed a regular gang of dockers , if they went to work on er , on er Monday morning with a dirty head bag on made of calico , they 'd have to buy the beer cos they had , if they ai n't got a clean head bag on or a cl clean skullcap , there used to be a little old calico skullcap they used to put on just to keep the dust out the hair and all like that .
5 We 'd have to keep the outside as is , it would always have to have two front doors .
6 ‘ Yeah , there are times , because certain guitars do n't have a wangy bar , that you get a great solo for most of the song and right at the end you want to maybe slide down and you ca n't do it , so you 'd have to find a guitar that would do that , and then blend it in . ’
7 And keeping it straight , you 'd have to have a jig or something to keep it in
8 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 .
9 If you got sued for selling someone a rotten second-hand car , you 'd have to get a lawyer and he 'd be a university graduate , too .
10 Analysis of these projects suggested that if such control were to be achieved , local people would have to acquire the motivation and skills to be able to organize themselves into effective action groups able to negotiate with public authorities .
11 The procession takes place whatever the weather but Mr Cecil Hitch thought one year they would have to call a halt because of the terrible conditions .
12 This criterion was strictly interpreted : litigants would have to persuade the court that the decision had ‘ no rational basis whatsoever , ’ and not surprisingly few managed to do so .
13 He would have to lock the boot but he would leave the key in the ignition .
14 By then the office would be busy and they would have to contrive a meeting where they would be unobserved .
15 John Carty , Clyde secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions , said Yarrow management would have to improve the deal if they wanted to get the workers round a table and an early end to the strike .
16 The lecturer would have to teach the history and the doctrine of the early Church .
17 He , of course , would have to take a glass or two , enough to make him moderately sick , but that would be a small price to pay for finishing off Elinor , not to mention Mr and Mrs Is-the-Mitsubishi-Scratched-Yet and Nazi Who Escaped justice at Nuremberg .
18 I mean you like the ordinary houses are , there 's no room and you could not bend the coffin with a person in it so they would have to take the window or the bedroom or wherever the corpse was
19 But soon , yes , she would have to take the telegram and walk to the shop and watch Enid fainting and Mother rustling out from behind the counter .
20 He would have to bind the boy while he slept , for in time he would have to sleep .
21 If any murderer lurked there , they would have to cover the ground and he had brought something special .
22 That law would permit such an authority to rely upon presumed injury to its reputation because the defendant , who had accomplished a statement reflecting upon the reputation of the local authority , would have to prove the truth if he sought to justify the publication ; and , if he had commented adversely upon the conduct of the council , he would have to prove the substantial truth of the facts upon which the comment was based .
23 But just when he thought he would have to drop the paper and the knife in the dustbin and abandon the joke , he spotted the pond .
24 Was that because it could mean that Britain would have to increase the amount that we spend on overseas aid and development to match the contributions of other European countries ?
25 She would have to find an envelope and buy a stamp ( where was the post office ? ) and post the letter and then a day would pass and then Mrs Rundle would take out her spectacles to read the letter in some new kitchen , with a refrigerator and a stove with automatic oven-control and an eye-level grill and gleaming plastic working surfaces and an electric blender and an electric coffee-mill , probably .
26 We agreed to a limited extension on the basis that we would have to show the court that we had provided reasonable opportunity for the Department to consider the matter .
27 It claimed it would ensure that money in the health service ‘ followed the patient ’ , which Labour was not opposed to , but in fact the bill meant the patient would have to follow the money and the contracts .
28 In order to keep the island he would have to raise the money and complete building within five years .
29 Britain would have to accept the decision or America would enforce it by arms .
30 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 .
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