Example sentences of "might have [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he might get his wall built but he might have to wait a year before he starts it . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | If the makeup of the whole of a person 's being was represented by a frozen block of egg yolks and whites ( colour coded — dyed different colours ) then any other person wishing to investigate and make conscious or broadcast his feelings upon this being might have to take a sample or sliver through the block or might collect a number of such slivers , some from other people 's different angle scanning of that being , then I would suggest that the picture of flat slivers built up would in no way give the many complex proportions of shapes originally in the block . |
| 4 | He is also trying to finish a commerce degree at university , but the remarkable series of events which has seen South Africa catapulted into the cricketing limelight means that studies might have to take a back seat for at least 1992 . |
| 5 | ‘ Because if you try to do anything so misguided I might have to give a Press interview to explain just why I got under your skin so badly ! ’ |
| 6 | You never know , you might have to do a top of an |
| 7 | If the draught is sluggish , it may be improved by fitting vents in wooden floors near to the fireplace ; or you might have to install a vent in an outside wall . |
| 8 | Can you think of any more situations that you might have to use an excuse ? |
| 9 | To get a job with some other pernickety employers you might have to run a marathon , walk a dog , sprout some hair or shed some weight . |
| 10 | Looks as if he might have to face a court-martial . ’ |
| 11 | You might have to write an essay or you do copy writing on the pa , do three sheets of pink paper , you had to three sheets of writing ! |
| 12 | to his brain , then they comes the next day , oh no that was it , they , then they , we left it , we left it , we left it , he kept saying we might have to make a decision , erm your dad 's leg deteriorated he 's got no circulation in his legs at all , we 've found a pulse in his left leg but we ca n't find one in his right , he said I think you 're gon na have to make the decision of amputation oh god , anyway comes Monday came off ventilator and of course he could n't talk |
| 13 | I think you might have to have a look Gilly , just to double check cos I 've got two numbers on here . |
| 14 | You might have to have a medical . |
| 15 | ‘ I might have to stretch a point for Rory Collins . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | Of course you might have to share a slice or two ! |
| 18 | As in war , if you were captured you lost your horse and armour to the victorious knight and you might have to pay a ransom as well . |
| 19 | ‘ Of course we might have to deduct a bit to replace my trolleys . ’ |
| 20 | If it was definitely linked to her death I might have to break a promise — which I 'd hate doing because the repercussions for the crew could be very serious — but it 's too vague to go to Foucard and run risks with other people 's livelihoods . ’ |
| 21 | The textile company , Ingham , confirmed it was having talks on a possible acquisition , but stressed that , if they were successful , it might have to launch a share issue . |