Example sentences of "he would [adv] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had even spoken — interminably — at the famous meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science , held at Oxford in 1860 , when Huxley allegedly scored his victory over Bishop Wilberforce with the retort that he would rather have an ape for an ancestor than a man who used his privileged position to pronounce on matters he knew nothing about . |
| 2 | Huxley 's retort that he would rather have an ape for an ancestor than a bishop — or words to that effect — has come to symbolize not merely the conflict between Darwinism and the Bible but the victory of science over religion . |
| 3 | Within a couple of months Constanze was pregnant , and Mozart realized that he would soon have a family to support on what was still a precarious income . |
| 4 | After the delivery , he would always have a cup of tea . |
| 5 | He would then have an aircrew meal and attend the final briefing . |