Example sentences of "he [modal v] have 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 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | McLeish reflected uncomfortably that he would have to be very circumspect in his dealings with Catherine , with this beady-eyed observer around the place . |
| 11 | He would have to be very , very careful . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | He would have to be very careful how he handled his bride , for she had been injured enough . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This time he would have to be more subtle . |