Example sentences of "we [modal v] have [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 We may have a head filled with reasons why we do not .
2 The fact that we may have no reason to say of someone looking at a blue flower that it looks blue to him does not mean that it does not look blue to him .
3 When those goals are respected , we may have the opportunity to spend increasing amounts .
4 The garrison finally capitulated at 4 pm , enabling the Duke to write complacently : ‘ Now we may have the happiness to say that this part of the kingdom is clear of all the rebels . ’
5 This last comment does n't mean that we can strap on our sixshooters and holsters , but rather the guns of the artillery are on call if we should have a chance to use them .
6 And if we 've been filled with the Holy Spirit , then we should have the evidence to go with it .
7 ‘ Andrea and myself , as a working-class woman and a Black woman , come from those groups , and feel we should have the chance to express our ideas as much as anyone else . ’
8 ‘ Pappy , ’ Katherine began , ‘ Pappy , I think we should have the apartment done over .
9 The treaty will involve the transfer of extensive powers from Westminster and we should have the opportunity to vote freely on the issue .
10 I have no desire to rake over the past but we should have the right to refer to matters of historical record .
11 ‘ No responsible leader would press the button and we should have the courage to say so . ’
12 The economy of London is suffering dreadfully in this second Conservative recession , and we should have an opportunity to debate that matter in the House as soon as possible .
13 One way or another , though , we must have the scope to lighten our self-imposed burden of debt .
14 The author Jeanette Winterson provides a maxim for female artists past and present when she says : ‘ We do n't want men to package us but we must have the freedom to describe ourselves ’ .
15 We must have the package delivered to the Air National Guard base at Trenton , New Jersey , no later than two p.m . ’
16 We must have the caravan finished !
17 But we must have the right to carry out our duty to impart the moral convictions , the moral teaching of our Church to our own members .
18 If we link in with Gary and his organization we 'll have no problem selling Crystal Springs . ’
19 We 'll have no room left for them ! ’
20 To indicate the page we 're on there 's a number centred across the bottom of the page below the rule while on normal pages we 'll have a strap indicating the title and issue date on the outside edge of each page ; recto and verso headings to use the official terminology .
21 we 'll have a chinese take away .
22 We 'll have a look to see if you 're right in a minute .
23 We 'll have a look see .
24 So we 'll have a look have a look at your
25 We 'll have a drink waiting for you , ’ Flora said , and put her dark glasses on .
26 of his duties as clerk of the scales and we 'll have a notice put next to him as well about the procedure
27 We 'll have a brief conducted tour .
28 We 'll be serving scrambled eggs , toast and coffee — free of course — and we 'll have the chance to chat .
29 And what 's more , we 'll have the power to charge them for the inconvenience that they cause us .
30 If we pursue the last option then we might have a job proving that we have made a successful descent but at least it would then truly become a purely personal outing in a boat .
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