Example sentences of "he [modal v] [vb infin] to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we 're going to be ruthless , it would probably be at the end of next summer [ 1994 ] , ’ says one minister , mulling over the possibility that Mr Major 's taint of failure proves harder to expunge and that , in best Tory blood-sport tradition , he may have to be cleanly knifed . |
| 2 | He 'll have to be dead a bit longer before he comes back . ’ |
| 3 | Asked about Noriega 's extradition , Mr Eduardo Vallarino told reporters : ‘ The Panamanian constitution prohibits extradition , so if Noriega is apprehended he 'll have to be duly charged and tried in Panama . ’ |
| 4 | He 'll have to be away before sun up . ’ |
| 5 | on the thing and I said well he 'll have to be fucking stretched if they come to that door and none of them dishes and the best of it was the front door would n't open |
| 6 | Oh well he 'll have to be then . |
| 7 | If we do n't play his game , he 'll have to be more direct . ’ |
| 8 | In two hours or a little less , it would end , and Thorfinn would come in , a little drunk or more than a little drunk , as he could afford to be only in Caithness and Orkney , and so deliver himself , briefly , into her charge . |
| 9 | Working with an ensemble he had built in a hall whose construction he had supervised , he could afford to be as relaxed as he wished , and also as demanding . |
| 10 | Charles stayed at the meeting long enough to hear when the rehearsal call was for the Monday ; if he accepted Paul 's offer of an understudy job , then he 'd have to be there . |
| 11 | There will also be talk of a return by Boycott , who has always been open in admitting that he would like to be either cricket chairman or team manager . |
| 12 | He thought he would like to be more like her ; when she spoke people listened . |
| 13 | He would like to be there when they shot the bastard . |
| 14 | In the role of public-relations officer and contact man he would need to be ever more energetic in promoting commercial and industrial interests in his constituency . |
| 15 | He would need to be continually finding opportunities to put himself on display to the populace : walkabouts , tours of business premises and factories and farms , appearances in pubs and clubs , visits to colleges and hospitals and homes for the elderly , attendances at all sorts of social functions and ceremonies — the list could be endless . |
| 16 | He realised with a sense of desperation that he would have to be twice as cunning as his wife if he was to recover that which she had taken from him . |
| 17 | McLeish reflected uncomfortably that he would have to be very circumspect in his dealings with Catherine , with this beady-eyed observer around the place . |
| 18 | He would have to be very , very careful . |
| 19 | They can certainly be quite big enough for a diver to put his foot into , but he would have to be very incautious indeed to get trapped . |
| 20 | He would have to be very careful how he handled his bride , for she had been injured enough . |
| 21 | He would have to be very careful , only going out after dusk when he could do some jobs for other people in exchange for a little food . |
| 22 | This time he would have to be more subtle . |
| 23 | If there is enough snow to make a really big snowman , he may be as tall as Mr A. on the first day , but as he melts , he will shrink to be as tall as Miss B. and then as small as the smallest child , until he finally disappears . |
| 24 | Fortunately , he will continue to be very involved in the leadership and life of the church with particular responsibility for our music ministry . |
| 25 | The Wanderers ' manager , Phil Neal , has some way to go before he can expect to be so honoured but he collected several brownie points after his side 's spirited performance . |