Example sentences of "[pron] would have [pron] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ If I saw me coming into the dressing room I 'd have myself kicked out . ’
2 I 'd have him love the thing that was
3 If I was n't at work I 'd have it done .
4 but I said to her oh I do n't think I 'd have it done
5 If this did n't come all the way from the top , I 'd have you walk under a squad car on the way out of the building .
6 Not this will lure me , for I 'd have you know
7 I 'd have you know , my destiny is glorious .
8 That 's exactly what I 'd have you do ! ’
9 Both Poutsma ( 1923 : 42 ) and Jesperson ( 1940 : 287 ) point out that have is often used with the to infinitive in conditional contexts with would : ( 178 ) I 'd have you to know that I do n't care a penny , madam , for your paltry money .
10 I 'd have mine done
11 I 'd have somethin' to say if it was n't . ’
12 My crew were never aware of my lapse and I am just as ashamed to tell this story today as I would had I told it 45 years ago .
13 I would have nothing to do with the Prince or his catamite ! ’
14 I would have nothing to do with Copts .
15 But I would have nothing to tell him , nothing to show him .
16 Also , academic life had not exactly left me well-off and it seemed like a good idea to try to earn a slightly larger salary so that I would have something to put towards my eventual retirement .
17 Now I would have something to show Jessica — for a change .
18 anything I would have him learn ;
19 All I would have him learn
20 I would have you imagine a swimming pool .
21 I would have you know , ’ said one of the four protagonists of the Oxbridge revue Beyond The Fringe in 1960 , ‘ that some people in this great country of ours can run a mile in four minutes ! ’
22 I am hunky-dory and peachy creamy and this , I would have you know , is a peignoir and not a slummocky old dressing-gown . "
23 I would have you stay a week only and behave yourself with kindness to me .
24 I would have you wear it on a ribbon inside your bodice . ’
25 I would have you smile too , fair cousin , as it is my hope and one that you are privy to that you may soon be more to me than cousin .
26 And I would have you consider what you are about .
27 The storyteller himself would have us recall the command of chapter 12 .
28 Whosoever would have it known that he is not of the common herd ’ , suggested Clifford Howard , ‘ develops a spleen against the Hollywood movies . ’
29 Well I think that she was trying to keep him dangling so that she 'd have somebody to fall back on if she did n't land another man .
30 The Queen 's argument was that , if something was n't done about it in less than no time , she 'd have everybody executed , all round .
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