Example sentences of "we [modal v] have [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We have new evidence and we may have to call Steffi , ’ defence lawyer Hans-Ulrich Endres said in Germany yesterday . |
| 2 | That means at some stage we may have to see Mrs Yeo . |
| 3 | Erm we 've made a provision for interest payable on the loan on the assumption that we may have to borrow money on an overdraft basis . |
| 4 | And if we are not satisfied with his answers we may have to take things further , possibly with a disciplinary hearing . ’ |
| 5 | At the end of it there 's the chance that we may have to take action ; we 'd take that very much as a last resort , and we hope our customers will respond without the necessity for fines or prosecutions . |
| 6 | ‘ We may have hit paydirt , Chief , ’ said the agent tersely . |
| 7 | We may have to await reports from the British Association and the Royal Society of Arts , the Engineering Fellowship and other bodies before the necessary sea change occurs . |
| 8 | We may have mixed feelings about scientific triumphs which have included nuclear weapons as well as electric light but we can not deny the comprehensive debt we owe to the emergence of scientific method . |
| 9 | Now I suppose for most of us because of the very fact were here this morning they have been few and far between such experiences , perhaps what is more common is that we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their last few minutes , and if they were not unconscious I wonder what sort of conversation would be going on between us and them , what sort of things would we , would we of been saying , what would we be asking us , well in this passage that we have been reading we have just such a conversation , two men who are on the verge of death , death can only be hours away for both of them , and here they have this conversation , it was in that sense it was one of the strangest interviews any body ever had with Jesus not only is the , the account here of er a death bed conversion , but the one who is saving is also in the process of dying . |
| 10 | Perhaps , what is more common is that , we may have spent time with someone who was dying , their last few hours , their few minutes . |
| 11 | We may have shared experiences of love , anger or fear . |
| 12 | We may have to consider paracentesis this time . |
| 13 | We may have had bean sprouts with noodles . |
| 14 | We may have had gangrene , amputations , even paralysis but , too young to see any futility , we were only too glad to be alive . |
| 15 | I also think that we may have to send Harry Butler and Pete Nield as back-up for Newman and Paula later . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ With hindsight , we should have sacked Gray earlier and given Hankin another six games in charge . |
| 17 | We should have kept Rocky and left out Strach … |
| 18 | We should have said price/performance ) . |
| 19 | way , but we do believe that there should be accommodation in most places , for most , that we should have designated areas |
| 20 | Hindsight is very good at telling us that we should have noticed trends much earlier than we did because all the signs were available . |
| 21 | Many people thought we should have beaten England the last time . |
| 22 | ‘ We should have turned Jack Stone in in the first place and let the Met boys worry about protecting the family . ’ |
| 23 | If we believed in omens or portents , then I think we should have taken notice of some of the things someone or something was trying to tell us that June day . |
| 24 | ‘ Damn it , we should have known things were going too well . ’ |
| 25 | ( We should have had boys ! ) |
| 26 | We should have had champagne . |
| 27 | er because they actually , I mean , the week , the week in Scotland we should have got overtime for that , but we have n't |
| 28 | We should have produced campaigns by now to identify and bring to justice the inevitable sanctions-busters . |
| 29 | The OpenVMS environment , along with NAS software , OSF/1 and Microsoft Windows NT , are to form the basis of DEC 's strategy over the coming decade and beyond , though as DEC UK chairman , Geoff Shingles reflected , ‘ we should have put VMS into the open domain in the eighties . ’ |
| 30 | If we were to move to an earnings-linked set-up , we should have to make changes accordingly . |