Example sentences of "have [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're behind , so we have to go at them . |
| 2 | Then Nottingham learned that Rugby had indeed beaten Harlequins so now the Beeston club have to draw or win at Orrell in their last match on April 25 and Rugby have to lose at Leicester . |
| 3 | But remember you have to wait at least 12 weeks after the possible infection for the test result to be accurate . |
| 4 | You have , yeah , you have to wait at least you have wait a certain amount of years . |
| 5 | But sometimes I have to scream at them to do that . ’ |
| 6 | The result is that first-time buyers now have to find at least 6% of the valuation to put down in advance . |
| 7 | For cinemas , you have to guess at the popularity of a given programme : it is , however , possible to buy PG or 15 or 18 only and , now , individual films , while you can also buy an Audience Delivery Plan , guaranteeing a number of admissions . |
| 8 | Some of us have to work at night and sleep during the day . |
| 9 | Even before the crash I took a great deal of exercise — you have to work at staying in shape . |
| 10 | I have to work at keeping slim and limit my favourite food , a Cuban recipe of fried bananas ! |
| 11 | You have to work at thrift . |
| 12 | So , sometimes we have to do things with horses that could make them anxious , and we have to work at keeping their anxiety level down . |
| 13 | Any proposals to alter the situation faced by older workers have to work at a number of levels : developing new social roles ; using legislation to change attitudes ; improving work prospects ; raising income levels ; increasing the effectiveness of health and social policies . |
| 14 | Those with no record of social security contributions , in other words new entrants to the labour market , have to work at least 26 weeks if they are to be eligible for Unemployment Benefit when they lose their jobs . |
| 15 | Paradoxically , like so much in the Christian life , unity is a gift of God , and yet we have to work at it . |
| 16 | I have to work at having fun . |
| 17 | Staving off death is a thing that you have to work at . |
| 18 | done it I do n't think it comes naturally either I mean you have to work at it do n't you ? |
| 19 | This does n't just happen to you — you have to work at it and PE will help you to achieve fitness in an enjoyable way . |
| 20 | His family , everyone in it , we have to work at what we do . |
| 21 | Well , course , erm like most things you have to work at it . |
| 22 | In one sense they are the British equivalent of political advertising on American television ‘ but they differ from such advertising in three very important ways : first , PFB broadcasting is free ( although the parties have to bear at least some of the production costs — indeed , all of the production costs if they wish to use private production facilities ) ; second , the number of PEB broadcasts is fixed by agreement between broadcasters and the parties to reflect ( roughly ) the current popular standing of the parties ( in 1987 Labour , the Liberal-SDP Alliance , and the Conservatives got exactly equal time for PEBs while other parties received very much less ) ; third , the broadcasters have insisted , against the politicians ’ wishes , that PEBs be short programmes typically ten minutes long , rather than high-impact adverts of perhaps twenty or thirty seconds ' duration . |
| 23 | Badly digitised photos that you have to squint at . |
| 24 | I think we have to remember at all times that we belong to a profession in which there can not be qualifications . |
| 25 | Together we have to aim at winning honours . ’ |
| 26 | Have to aim at them , what time and you know things that You 're alright , do n't worry ! |
| 27 | I have to stare at it very hard , Miss Honey , very very hard , and then I can feel it all happening behind my eyes , and my eyes get hot just as though they were burning but I do n't mind that in the least , and Miss Honey … |
| 28 | If your life is so rushed that you only have five to ten minutes for lunch , and your body knows that you have to consume at least 300–400 calories in order to make it through until the evening , it is going to look for a very convenient solution , and that means , high calorie , low volume food that is readily available , such as a chunky cheese sandwich , or worse still , a chocolate bar . |
| 29 | Newcastle have a vastly superior points difference than all their rivals and this could yet prove crucial at the death , though they have to win at Brierton Lane on March 14 to maintain their challenge . |
| 30 | He added : ‘ You only have to look at the figures for fire deaths in hotels to see this is not a problem . |