Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] he [vb mod] have the " in BNC.

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1 He had believed after all the jogging that he would have the rate denoted as an athlete 's on his chart .
2 The hero-god accepted the challenge on condition that he could have the girl if he rescued her , and ordered the couple to build eight large vats and fill them with rice-beer , so that when the monster arrived all eight heads could drink at once .
3 For a few moments she thought he had no intention of answering her as her whole being quivered with indignation that he should have the nerve to pass judgement on her when not even her closest friends knew her innermost thoughts and longings .
4 The slight , disparaging inflexion on the last word annoyed Mr Pigdon , but he gruffly assured the gentleman that he should have the best spare bedroom and all the comforts his poor house might afford .
5 If everything continued to go like this , there was a fair chance that he 'd have the village back on his side for the rest of the summer .
6 Section 2(1) provides , inter alia , that a person 's appropriation of property belonging to another is not to be regarded as dishonest if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other 's consent if the other knew of the appropriation and the circumstances of it .
7 ‘ 2(1) A person 's appropriation of property belonging to another is not to be regarded as dishonest — ( a ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that he has in law the right to deprive the other of it , on behalf of himself or of a third person ; or ( b ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other 's consent if the other knew of the appropriation and the circumstances of it ; or ( c ) ( except where the property came to him as trustee or personal representative ) if he appropriates the property in the belief that the person to whom the property belongs can not be discovered by taking reasonable steps .
8 For the benefit of those who would suggest that section 2(1) ( b ) shows that appropriation is something which can be done with the consent of the owner , I would paraphrase that provision by saying ‘ if he appropriates the property in the belief that he would have the other 's consent if the other knew what he had done and the circumstances in which he did it . ’
9 Mustill LJ said , obiter , said that where the alleged appropriation was done by a person who was beneficially entitled to the whole share capital of the company , there was no appropriation because he would have the authority of the company to act as he did .
10 His tenure there is generally agreed to have been particularly successful , despite the fact that he used to have the reputation of being a difficult and wayward man .
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