Example sentences of "he [modal v] have the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He must have the right kind of family . |
| 2 | But surely he must have the mandatory LA tan by now ? |
| 3 | He might have the likely lads behind him : Pringle from Kenya , Foster from Colchester , Waugh from Sydney and various waifs and strays that Essex Man has housed ; or he may be ready to bat . |
| 4 | He might have the likely lads behind him : Pringle from Kenya , Foster from Colchester , Waugh from Sydney and various waifs and strays that Essex Man has housed ; or he may be ready to bat . |
| 5 | With that background , John went to Peggy van Praagh , ballet mistress of the young company , and asked whether he could have the vacant post provided that he could manage those lifts . |
| 6 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed without elaborating , because although it was true it was n't entirely the truth , and she hoped he would have the good manners not to probe further . |
| 7 | Two more years and , in company with Walcott , he would have the first-class record outright , putting on an unbeaten 574 for the fourth wicket in Port-of-Spain , his contribution this time being 255 . |
| 8 | Soon he would have the Imperial standard in his hand . |
| 9 | The next thing he knew — by this time he would have the undivided attention of the entire bar — one of the Americans tore his fur hat off and screamed , ‘ OK , craphead , where is he ? ’ while one of the bobbies reached into the open back seat and pulled out an attaché case that he had to spend an hour telling them he had never seen before . |
| 10 | The Government have taken a stand on the right principles , and when my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister goes to Maastricht to uphold them , he will have the overwhelming support of the House and the country , whatever the outcome of the summit . |
| 11 | Sure , he will have the immediate option to make himself rich by fighting Frank Bruno , though that in itself would diminish the status of the belt . |
| 12 | If parents have managed to instil in their child a sense of his own worth as an individual , then , whatever knocks that child may encounter as an adult , he will have the inner confidence which will enable him to pull through and make a success of his life — success in this context having nothing to do with money but with achieving one 's aims as an individual , whatever they may be . |
| 13 | A theory was evolved by a few influential educationalists that if a child is given a basic training in Laban skills then he will have the essential grounding for any future specialisation he may care to follow in gymnastics , dance or drama . |
| 14 | There he will have the agonising job of sifting through the bloodied possessions . |
| 15 | If the player repeats a note when the hammer is in this mode , he will have the unpleasant sensation of catching the hammer at an unpredictable point between the hammer rest and the string . |
| 16 | He will have the onerous task of reviving low morale . |
| 17 | His fascination leads him to an agency which administers mental implants , so that he can have the vicarious experience of interplanetary travel injected into his memory . |