Example sentences of "they would have the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 'd think they 'd have the wit to send someone who could speak English . |
| 2 | They 'd have the Committee 's address , at least . |
| 3 | If I told them he was a quiet , shy , unassuming minor civil servant who read a lot of books , they 'd have the weirdo squad from Social Services round straight away . |
| 4 | At the height of their affair they 'd made love from dusk to dawn on several occasions ; toying and teasing , stopping to bathe so they 'd have the bliss of working up a second sweat . |
| 5 | as if following up a train of thought , he looked across at Joe , saying , ‘ I wonder if those thieving scoundrels will be on the prowl again tonight ? ’ and Joe answered , ‘ I should n't think they 'd have the nerve to make a third trip , not in the same week , anyway . ’ |
| 6 | And then they 'd have the funeral at twelve and then they would walk . |
| 7 | If they walk in there they 'd get a right haul , they 'd have the lot . |
| 8 | Okay , they 're poor paid , but at least they would have the pride of saying that they 've got a job whereas the elderly are having to just sit at home and turning down their fires and turning down their central heating in case they ca n't afford their bills ! |
| 9 | They would have the advantage of being able to operate outside public expenditure controls . |
| 10 | Cos I think he would have made a bit of difference up front there wi er er cos they would have the defence |
| 11 | Intelligence experts suggested that only they would have the equipment and technical expertise to intercept and re-broadcast high quality recordings of mobile phone calls . |
| 12 | Intelligence experts suggested that only they would have the equipment and technical expertise to intercept and re-broadcast high quality recordings of mobile phone calls . |
| 13 | A PKF spokesman said that the partners had decided to merge because ‘ they did not feel they would have the opportunity to grow much more unless they joined a bigger firm ’ . |
| 14 | By increasing the number of general meetings for members they would have the opportunity to feel more involved in and would make the organisation more democratic . |
| 15 | Or perhaps they would have the sense to be washing their hair when Esquire phones to ask them out . |
| 16 | They would have the fire brigade round in a few moments if the external noise had been as loud as the internal one . |
| 17 | He demanded to know when they would have the use of the stage . |
| 18 | Under our amendment , they would have the power to order that the game be replayed from the time when it was stopped . |
| 19 | Further , they would have the satisfaction of investing money in a thing that was calculated to add materially to enhancing the town and district . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They would have the police down there so quick I would never get to practise . ’ |
| 21 | They would have the decorators in . |
| 22 | I dare n't have done if I had n't er oh oh I know once my my doctor came to see me about something and there was erm a lot of people used to use er some pills oh what were they called , little round pills , when at the monthly periods they used to use them , oh Doctor Johnson 's , Doctor somebody 's pills , now they would have the effect of er your period you would see more than you usually did . |
| 23 | I remember the over-eager , gaping mouths and outstretched necks , as well as those who could only just about lift their eyelids and had to have the food forced down their throats so that they would have the strength to keep fighting for life . |