Example sentences of "[conj] he would have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Ebullient , and with a broad grin , Williams early sensed his own powers — at sixteen he told a friend that he would have a fellowship of the University of Wales , an 1851 exhibition , a D.Sc. , and an FRS by his middle thirties .
2 Nails had hoped Biddy would have foregone her offer to meet him out of school the next day , or at least be late so that he would have a chance of escaping her clutches , but when he came out she was there outside the gate on her motor-bike , and there was no escaping .
3 The previous Secretary of State — the right hon. Member for Bath ( Mr. Patten ) , now chairman of the Conservative party — had promised two years ago that he would have a look at SSAs ; that promise , however , came to nothing , as has every other Government promise relating to local administration .
4 Semenov promised me that he would have a word at the highest level , with Yury Vladimirovich Andropov .
5 He 'd have a word with Phillis , you bet that he 'd have a word with Phillis — the dirty cow .
6 Not that he 'd have a chance with Viola .
7 His luck — and he would have a lot of luck ( which he acknowledged generously and constantly ) — was to meet here the first of many teachers who set him on his way .
8 And he 'd have a word , Er how 's everything going along ?
9 T. B. You 'd have sergeants who liked to drink and he 'd have a constable in his section who knew where to get this drink , but normally amongst the sergeants , you were apart from the constables .
10 He 'd go to football training , he was into physique , and he 'd have a couple of pints after , and at first he went out Fridays and Sundays .
11 You 'd make arrangements beforehand , perhaps with the station-keeper , who would say to call down and he 'd have a cup of tea made when the sergeant was out .
12 But he would have a drink and a warm bed awaiting him when he got rid of it .
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