Example sentences of "he [modal v] have [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He lived at Charing Cross in 1585 , in 1589–90 in Writtington , Essex , by 1596 he writes from ‘ my house in Hamsell Park , Sussex ’ , while early in the 1600s he may have lived for a time in Isleworth , Middlesex . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Finding out that the goods were stolen after receipt is not handling , but if the accused then , for example , sells them , he may have arranged for their disposal for the benefit of another . |
| 4 | He may have to settle for second this time . |
| 5 | He may have died for nothing |
| 6 | A commission of enquiry confirmed this assessment , and the Governor was withdrawn , though his period of service had in fact ended in the winter of 60/61 , so Tacitus would appear to magnify a grievance to make a political point in favour of his hero whose memoirs he may have used for his Annals . |
| 7 | He may have drowned for all I care . |
| 8 | For instance , the basic units of narrative which he picks out are defined and differentiated principally in terms of their narrative effect and not of any prior linguistic analogies that he may have found for them . |
| 9 | When it was too late and Nails had had time to cool down , he realised he should have asked for Mr Bean or even Biddy or Nutty 's dad to be contacted . |
| 10 | It was a remark he should have reserved for an aging Peruvian marksman called Cubillas . |
| 11 | He should have waited for a better moment instead of acting impulsively . |
| 12 | But Crilly says he needs the money he should have gotten for them in Dublin . |
| 13 | Her man was Willie Johnson , the player at the centre of the most emotional scandal in the history of Scottish football , and a figure of such sentimental intensity , he should have played for Nashville . |
| 14 | He should have gone for a walk on the Downs or gone shopping in the town for antiques , or spent the morning browsing in bookshops . |
| 15 | Even when Vinnie left — although we sold him for either what we bought him , or maybe 50 grand more , he had a very good season at Leeds , proved he could play a bit , he should have gone for more . |
| 16 | He he he must have asked for Mr . |
| 17 | Lionel Luyt told me that it was only when he reached Europe a few years later that he realized how far ahead of his South African contemporaries John had been , doing things which he must have invented for himself because he had not had the chance to see them put into practice by others . |
| 18 | He must have worked for a long time in the garage . |
| 19 | A computer programme allows them to plan the food he 'll have to take for the 12 man crew on the Group 4 yacht . |
| 20 | ‘ He 'll have headed for Europe … ’ |
| 21 | He 'll have to agree for Mum 's sake . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Well , he 'll have to pay for its upkeep . |
| 23 | So it 'll be nice to see the tables turned , and Mr start , keep rather quiet about the number of extra policemen , sorry , police officers needed in this county , and other counties in the country , because he 'll have to pay for it himself wo n't he ? |
| 24 | The blow would have killed him instantly — at least , he might have lived for a few minutes in a technical sense , but he would have been unconscious and effectively dead . |
| 25 | He might have said for example : ‘ The Word shall never return void but its impact will be a whole lot greater if it 's presented well . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I told him that he is violent , has mistreated her very badly , have been trigger happy and whatever kindness he might have done for her he had cancelled by beatings and threats he had made on her life . |
| 27 | He might have to settle for a reserve place on Thursday . ’ |
| 28 | Lane accepted it without comment , although at another time he might have pressed for more of an answer ; he was n't a man who liked to be kept in the dark . |
| 29 | He might have shaved for a match , thought Perdita ; the girl in the petrol station must have a skin like garlic sausage . |
| 30 | He might have settled for less , ’ Rincewind conceded . |