Example sentences of "he [modal v] have [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He 's circling again but if the undercarriage fails it looks as if he may have to make a crash landing .
2 In the meantime he 'll have to take a back seat whilst his team-mates bid for World Cup glory .
3 Well he 'll have to work very he 'll have to do a lot of work
4 We had an officer here wanting you to make a statement , but he 'll have to wait a couple of days .
5 He 'll have to find a way round that clause in Edward 's will . ’
6 If that man wants his furniture back and it is his , because it might not be , he 'll have to get a court order .
7 I say he 'll have to make a will now .
8 He 'll have to make a dash for it , and when he does — bam , he 's dead . ’
9 yes he 'll have to have a collar on .
10 He 'll have to pay a fine before he can pick up for it , this is Joanne , I do n't but he must he must er be up to something .
11 So he might get his wall built but he might have to wait a year before he starts it .
12 Their relatively smaller personal estates reflect perhaps more than anything else a generally modest standard of living in the shires , for while the greater apparent wealth of some yeomen consisted mainly of farming stock , a big landowner , burdened with a large family and heavily encumbered estates , might find himself compelled to endure a spartan existence ; unlike a yeomen , moreover , he might have to support a train of unproductive servants .
13 ‘ Oh , I do n't know , ’ he very nearly snaps , happy to have been talking about piano playing , pissed off he might have to resume a celebrity chat .
14 Looks as if he might have to face a court-martial . ’
15 ‘ Did n't you warn Jones that he 'd have to wait a while ? ’
16 Oh well he said he he said he 'd have to have a look at it did n't he ?
17 He 'd have to have a licence to have pheasants .
18 But he 'd have to get a doctor .
19 She or he would have to spend a year in general practice to have the opportunity to acquire similar skills .
20 I overheard the man next to me saying that he would have to use a chest harness as he had broken his ankles twice .
21 Iro has been in poor form for the Sea Eagles and was told several weeks ago that he would have to take a pay cut to stay with the club .
22 After some initial success , however , the Young King 's campaign ground to a halt and Henry decided that he would have to take a hand himself .
23 To every one else at the meeting it seemed quite clear that MacDonald intended to resign , and S.B. returned front it convinced that he would have to form a Government .
24 To everyone else at the meeting it seemed quite certain that MacDonald intended to resign and SB returned from it convinced that he would have to form a government . "
25 In response to the statement by the Birmingham city treasurer that he would have to keep a register to administer the council tax , the Minister asserted that the keeping of such a register would be unlawful .
26 If he finds a job , it is not likely to be on Wall Street and he would have to hand a quarter of his earnings back to the Brooklyn centre .
27 They had fought their way backwards through pantries and brushing rooms and knife rooms , past the European servants ' staircase , past the European butler 's room , the nurseries , the nursery dining-room , and the ayah 's rooms , until in the dining-room he knew he would have to make a stand .
28 Obviously we do not want to be in two minds up to the last day and he would n't do that but there is quite a a period of discretion where the time gets shorter and er he would have to make a judgement .
29 Tomorrow he would have to make a visit to Penrith to get himself fixed up with some more appropriate clothing for this unsympathetic and unreasonable patch of country .
30 The ordinary Egyptian could not write and if he wished to send a letter he would have to get a scribe to write it for him .
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