Example sentences of "[modal v] have [verb] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An early marriage and five children would have tempered most women 's ambitions and had Emecheta 's marriage been happy , she might have settled for domestic life . |
| 2 | Even if someone wanted to have their dog put down they could have applied for financial help . ’ |
| 3 | Our quarry secured a table in the far corner and , as soon as I glimpsed him , I could have laughed for sheer joy . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | If they were here , 1 am sure that they would support new clause S. The reason that they are not here is because they feel that they would have to vote for new clause 5 if they were here , so they have absented themselves from the debate . |
| 6 | I would have sighed for human nature , had it not been for the excellence of my trout and the wine which accompanied it . |
| 7 | We will have to arrange for advance publicity , set up an office and make arrangements to show prospective buyers around . |
| 8 | So developers will have to port for optimal performance , ’ reinforcing the potential for confusing application and operating environment choices for users . ’ |
| 9 | Therefore the majority of our current staff will have to look for other employment . |