Example sentences of "he would have a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Obviously , one can not accept anything that Philby says since he would have a vested interest in causing mischief amongst the British security services , but it is interesting that he did volunteer the suggestion that MI6 was involved .
2 Tinryland was terribly disappointing on his seasonal debut at Newbury , but he would have a great each-way chance if reproducing last season 's form .
3 Our shipwrecked hero would probably become king ; he would kill a great many blacks in the struggle for existence ; he would have a great many wives and children , while many of his subjects would live and die as bachelors …
4 And that would be the extent of his visit , he would have a cursory look round the yard and away .
5 Drifter flowed up the gallop in a smooth fast rhythm and Tremayne said he would have a good chance at Worcester if his blood was right .
6 I beamed up at my future Uncle Richard , asked him to give my love to Margaret and Dickie , my regards to the General and Co. , and added my hope that he would have a good holiday .
7 ‘ I did n't go to Oxford or Yale but he would have a good education if he had joined me at Birkenhead Institute . ’
8 He would have a 90-minute start on them , maybe longer .
9 She opened her mouth and then closed it again , because , whatever she said , he would have a patient answer .
10 After a ground refuelling at Omsk , he would have a two-hour rest period before flying on to his home base at Kharkov .
11 Meanwhile the real Dustin Hoffman was waiting for a role to prove that he would have a post- Graduate career .
12 If they took a whirl at the minister , he would have a fine sight of the fun .
13 And whereas on the stage he had the words of Christopher Fry or the presence of John Gielgud — both of which drew out his respect and so his best shots — in films generally he would have a leaky script and brief takes — neither giving him the chance to wind up and deliver .
14 The judge told Cranog Jones that his plan had been ingenious , but warned him that as a magistrate , he would have a hard time in prison .
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