Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] have [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ahead of me was an elliptical circle of maybe twenty people , the combined ages of whom must have seventy score and ten . |
| 2 | Everyone should have equal protection by the law and the ability to appeal against local authority . |
| 3 | While we all think that everyone should have unlimited access to public areas , we have to live in the real world and accept that all sports and hobbies are controlled in some way or other . |
| 4 | I may have the gift of inspired preaching ; I may have all knowledge and understand all secrets ; I may have all the faith needed to move mountains — but if I have no love , I am nothing . |
| 5 | Hence , I may have great difficulty in answering a relatively simple question like ‘ Why do you put so much energy into your career ? ’ and I would have even more difficulty in deciding how much energy 1 should put into my career and how much into my family . |
| 6 | I may have more luck . ’ |
| 7 | I wo n't write a word more now , but go to my work , cool down , go out , and in the evening post this letter with proofs of my regret , though not recantation , and also proofs of some joy or success I may have this afternoon in fields now rejoicing in sunshine after rain , — to delight my own sweet little one , too tolerant , too childishly submissive , not by nature , which would be weak , but by love for me , which is strength . |
| 8 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 9 | ‘ I may have another drink , I may not , ’ Newman replied , looking at Corduroy Jacket . |
| 10 | You know , the number and I mean has n't been able to get round to buying space in the T T G and Travel Weekly until the first two weeks in February cos we were so late in informing him I must had this conversation has taken away the brochure so there 's not a copy here but we 'll try and get hold of some as soon as possible but I mean they 're mainly for Glasgow but had been been up there from R and D y'know and she said that the people up there did n't seem to know the slightest thing about interline how to deal with interline tickets and agency tickets and all that sort of business . |
| 11 | ‘ I must have that photograph , ’ he said . |
| 12 | I must have that picture . |
| 13 | But to track the creature down , I must have advance information . |
| 14 | Oh I must have best butter . |
| 15 | I must have some art . |
| 16 | I told him this evening that I must have some daylight . |
| 17 | ‘ I must have another word with him . |
| 18 | I must have another glass of tea . ’ |
| 19 | I must have more push than people think … ’ |
| 20 | Thus if at this moment someone said something to me about " that ugly little statue on your fireplace " and accompanied this with an appropriate gesture , I should have little difficulty in identifying the object to which he is referring , but identification may not be so easy if a reference is made to an object that is not accessible to immediate perception , or of which I have no knowledge whatever . |
| 21 | It points to truth which has become wisdom born of experience : This is Rolle 's version of 1 Corinthians 13:2 : And if I should have prophecy and should know all mysteries , and all knowledge , and if I should have all faith , so that I could remove mountains , and have not charity , I am nothing . |
| 22 | He seems to think that it is fair that I should have first crack since I am the one who has carried the worms about for the last umpteen days . |
| 23 | I felt at the time , that if such a Call sere presented I should have great difficulty , indeed , in declining it , even in the face of much inconvenience and pecuniary sacrifice . |
| 24 | Had I an opportunity I should have great pleasure in giving you a few hints on this subject which might not be useless . |
| 25 | Hopefully I should have another bang middle of the week so I , if I give them both to you then I |
| 26 | Aha , I should have this seatbelt fastened should n't I ? |
| 27 | This was surely the coldest and draughtiest station in the country , and I always had to wait there about midnight ; and I used to pray that the train would stop with a door opposite to me , so that I should have some chance of getting on at all . |
| 28 | I should I should have some idea about selling the house . |
| 29 | BELVILLE : Only I know that sparkling lustre , or I should have some fear for my Pamela as she grows older . |
| 30 | My request was dismissed with some amusement by my parents who added that I should have more sense than to believe in all that mumbo-jumbo . |