Example sentences of "they [modal v] [adv] have a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Thanks to Saudi Arabia they may soon have a reactor too .
2 In fact they may even have a date for you here .
3 A Mob of Netters may have a Boss armed with a club , they may not have a Boss armed with a net .
4 They may not have a reason to prefer one way of going about things to another , but the fact that they chose to do it in a particular way gives them a reason to prefer that way from now on .
5 ‘ If they do n't meet the standards which the Government set they should n't have a licence , ’ he said .
6 They should n't have a team like that in Britain , acting so openly .
7 The POA says previous appeals for extra staff have fallen on deaf ears ; if the same happens this time , they fear they 'll soon have a riot on their hands .
8 And then they 'll all have a shock when they do n't get a piece .
9 Yeah , then they 'll all have a go at her .
10 ‘ We 'd been told that they might not have a lot of clothes , but they arrived with these huge suitcases , ’ Michelle recalls .
11 They might n't have a pound between them but he knew it would be paid .
12 They could n't have a season without him , but quite definitely they could n't have one without Busacher either .
13 Few people would ever own a home if they could not have a mortgage .
14 They 'd probably have a row about it .
15 Mr Chairman the , certainly with they 'd still have a problem with a Friday night .
16 Ooh well they used to well they did n't used to sing a lot of songs but er they used to do a lot of you know playing about and perhaps and then they 'd perhaps have a ball .
17 The difference between our position and that of the Labour party is that people accept that we would be prepared to use nuclear weapons and know that Labour Members would not be , so they would not have a deterrent .
18 Worry not , Bob , they would n't have a leg to stand on …
19 Yeah it says , I read the thing and it says I have n't got ta let them in unless they 've got a warrant so the first time they come they would n't have a warrant , surely , so they 're gon na have to go away and get a warrant and in that time then I 'd have to get a licence would n't I ?
20 If they left an old rusty car on the road or a new car without road tax , they would soon have a visit from the police and the offending vehicle would have to be removed .
21 Some had lost faith in their marriage , some in hope for promotion , some on discovering that they would never have a child .
22 Well that was , that was the crew 's job you see cos you used to have , they used to be erm , they used to be the master of the ship , my father , and they would still have a mate , he 's dead and gone and there was myself one side on the starboard side on a winch and we had two men right aft on the after winch and they used to have to look after three chains .
23 how many people have walked out because they they ca n't have a drink .
24 And because the oil is coming to the ditch via her land they ca n't have a go at the primary source .
25 now that is wrong because nobody should be committed so much to the hilt that they ca n't have a family
26 There is no point in complaining ; they may try to mollify you in their irritatingly good English , but they will not have a clue what you are so anxious about .
27 Some accountants are reluctant to take unpaid leave because they fear they will not have a job to come back to if , as seems to many likely , there is another wave of redundancies .
28 That is another way of saying he wants his team to win , because they remain only a point clear , although after tonight they will still have a match in hand .
29 They will then have a manual .
30 ‘ They 'll only have the sand buckets , they wo n't have a water supply .
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