Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect , the ref should have blown for full-time at this point . |
| 2 | They must have longed for quiet and solitude , for space to shed their tears in private , or even to vent their anger , but none of them showed it in public . |
| 3 | An early marriage and five children would have tempered most women 's ambitions and had Emecheta 's marriage been happy , she might have settled for domestic life . |
| 4 | In the apparent absence of identifiable buildings , market-places can only be inferred from the presence of large open areas near the centres of towns , which could have served for periodic markets and fairs . |
| 5 | Even if someone wanted to have their dog put down they could have applied for financial help . ’ |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the differences in fit from what would be expected of multifactorial inheritance are small and the pattern of familial aggregation indicative of a recessive influence ( with affected sibling pairs predominating over parent-offspring pairs ) could have occurred for other reasons , as discussed below . |
| 7 | Our quarry secured a table in the far corner and , as soon as I glimpsed him , I could have laughed for sheer joy . |
| 8 | He may have asked for Norman help against his enemies in 1009 , and a continental source records that he at some point appealed to the French monarch Robert the Pious for assistance , conceivably in the hope that he could exert pressure on the Normans . |
| 9 | Her publicists would have to search for other stars to publicise . |
| 10 | If they were here , 1 am sure that they would support new clause S. The reason that they are not here is because they feel that they would have to vote for new clause 5 if they were here , so they have absented themselves from the debate . |
| 11 | I would have sighed for human nature , had it not been for the excellence of my trout and the wine which accompanied it . |
| 12 | Even if , as one study asserts , the USSR pays 50 per cent more for CMEA products than these products command in world markets , the question which matters to the Soviet Union is what she would have to pay for equivalent Western equipment ( and how she would pay for it ) . |
| 13 | He did not need a stick at this time , for he was feeling better than usual , and his skin would have passed for normal except for some roughness here and there easily attributable to the chafing of clothes or to taking too many baths in hard water without the benefit of bottled body oils sold by any chemist worth the name . |
| 14 | Given that they would have to look for other offices , the partners decided to take the opportunity to merge the three Isle of Wight offices and reap the benefits of the resulting economies of scale . |
| 15 | Just — different , because you 'd be tied up elsewhere , and I would have to look for other friends . |
| 16 | She says that they all thought they would have to look for other jobs . |
| 17 | Had they seen billions of neutrons as well as the heat then they would have known for sure that fusion was occurring ; and may already have begun to worry about their health from prolonged exposure . |
| 18 | We will have to arrange for advance publicity , set up an office and make arrangements to show prospective buyers around . |
| 19 | ( ii ) Second reading In his discussions with the Leader of the House relating to the Bill , the Minister will have arranged for certain times ( usually a day or two , but perhaps up to eight days ) to have been set aside for the second reading debate . |
| 20 | So developers will have to port for optimal performance , ’ reinforcing the potential for confusing application and operating environment choices for users . ’ |
| 21 | It is questionable whether the statement of compliance with the code will be audited ; the media will have to look for non-compliance themselves . |
| 22 | Therefore the majority of our current staff will have to look for other employment . |
| 23 | Eventually , we will have to look for different fuels , according to Larry Jenney , of the US Transportation Research Board , in Washington DC , but fuel efficiency is an essential first step . |