Example sentences of "[adj] he [modal v] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | For him to have done this he would have had to deny the teaching of the Old Testament . |
| 2 | Had Kant believed this he would have been quick to point it out ; but he does not . |
| 3 | Estimating that the harvest would take a month to gather , this worked out that each man averaged about £14s. a week in wages ; but out of this he would have to pay his gaveller . |
| 4 | If the old King saw this he would have apoplexy , for the Prince was openly treating Gaveston as if he was his wife . |
| 5 | If X had put the £100,000 on deposit , then he would have received £10,000 , and out of this he would have been left with £6,000 after tax . |
| 6 | If Honderich had paid attention to clues like this he could have subjected the credentials of the new right to closer scrutiny and interrogated the development of Conservative thought with much greater sensitivity . |
| 7 | But if Mr Menzies had thought of this he must have been keeping it for another Sunday . |
| 8 | Had he been English he might have been described as a typical eccentric . |
| 9 | So alone and unroped he must have had to tackle the daunting vertical crack above , knowing he was fully committed . |
| 10 | It was funny he should have remembered the row that week-end , when Patricia had left him in the cinema , and the per … pervert had touched his leg , because that was when all this had really started . |
| 11 | For the time being she was useful to annoy Gina , but if she got too possessive he would have to drop her . |
| 12 | Do you not agree that if God ever did say Let there be light he must have been over Norfolk at the time ? ’ |
| 13 | It seems reasonable to suppose that even before 1790 he would have learned to appreciate their attitudes towards recent history . |
| 14 | He was already jealous of the easy friendship between the sailor and Wirth-Miller and was wounded by the remark that what Denis could have free he would have to pay for . |
| 15 | If ever afterwards Creggan had been asked at what moment on that journey north he knew he was free he would have been able to answer precisely . |
| 16 | Impossibly arrogant and handsome , teeth flashing beneath his ebony moustache , so much copied by the young Argentine bloods , black curls flowing from under a very unIrish tartan hat , Juan 's long thighs gripped a bay mare who was so glossy he could have checked his reflection in her quarters . |
| 17 | It is sad in several ways , not just because it springs from genuine human grief but because poor Uncle Ted , no matter how theologically illiterate he may have been , deserves better . |
| 18 | Yet if his character had been different he would have attracted an ordinary-looking girl . |
| 19 | To Constance 's English eyes , his skin was so brown he might have been an Indian . |
| 20 | And if Jack had been such another he would have thanked Charlie for his unstinted friendship , his generous loans , his hospitality and for bringing him Marilyn Thompson . |
| 21 | If the boss had been more assertive he could have said something like , ‘ I would appreciate some more help . |
| 22 | Then , afraid he might have heard , she added waspishly , ‘ You mean you suspected I might run away . |
| 23 | Then afraid he might have sounded gallant George added : ‘ Somebody 's got to make sure your military instinct for loot does n't take over . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ He 's afraid he 'll have a crooked back like his father . |
| 25 | Even apart from his experience , his descent admirably equipped him for kingship : son of the impetuous , vacillating and prodigal Henry III he may have been , but he showed more affinity with his grandfather and great-grandfather , King John and Henry II . |
| 26 | The " heresy " was that " if a person engaged to act for a client ought to act fairly and impartially towards the person with whom his client is dealing , then he is immune from being sued by his clienthowever negligent he may have been " . |
| 27 | And if he 'd have needed me at six he 'd have got me up at five . |
| 28 | If the hiatus is serious he may have to shut down all or part of the system or it may trip automatically and the operator 's task is to observe/control the shut-down to a quiescent state . |
| 29 | His injuries were so serious he could have died without prompt treatment . |
| 30 | And Rosenberg : ‘ Utterly misguided he may have been , but he was honest in his own belief in what he was doing . ’ |