Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They say they had to stop a passing cleaner to take a plate from her trolley |
| 2 | In spite of his attempts to concentrate as much work as possible into his days in London , he still found he had to take a great deal of it back to Shamley Green . |
| 3 | He says you have to keep a tight hold on the nuts . |
| 4 | ‘ Some people are told they have to work a nine to five gig or be the trendiest person on earth or whatever . |
| 5 | ‘ I fear we have to make a quick decision , ’ said Oliver ironically , looking out of the window and seeing a departing victoria . |
| 6 | You think about it , it 's never , I mean we had to have a special fire door put on cos our we go through to our garage . |
| 7 | I mean we have to make a sensible planning decision on where it should go and the fact that one authority is prepared to put its hand up when the others clearly are n't , should not be the main determining factor . |
| 8 | Moreover , there is an absence of facilities for obtaining cards for the meters , so that many people who have to use them have to spend a considerable amount of money on travelling to get hold of cards . |
| 9 | It was not until the next morning that the local council realised they had to repair a large hole in the middle of the square . |
| 10 | That admin course is fantastic , a re er you know I was in this r building yesterday , and I can tell you , the attendance is good I mean they have to have a real reason before they do n't come . |
| 11 | It seemed a good idea to have a companion when I knew I had to face a Spanish maniac ! ’ |
| 12 | Well I thought you had to get a certain amount |
| 13 | We knew we had to have a women-only group . |
| 14 | The ministers claim we have to take a different approach from the Poles or Hungarians but they do not say in what way different . |
| 15 | The Army had taught him that , too , and the SAS acceptance tests had rammed the lesson home by sending him out over the damp Brecon Beacons with a 55-lb Bergen rucksack knowing he had to cover a certain distance in a certain time but not knowing that when he had done it , there would n't be the trucks they had promised but a vague assur-ance of a cup of tea if he kept on marching a few more miles in that direction . |
| 16 | None of the cases in this court to which Mr. Munby has invited our attention are binding on us because seemingly the court never considered what powers it had to make a suitable order under section 13 of the Act of 1960 . |
| 17 | Do I have to wear a cheap suit and drive a Sierra to get invited . |
| 18 | Do I have to have a Compact job ? |
| 19 | ‘ Did you have to take a whole summer ? ’ she demanded angrily . |
| 20 | Did you have to have a different pinny every day then ? |
| 21 | Even where you have to answer set questions — as in an exam — a choice between alternatives usually has to be made ; and not only do you have to pick a particular question to answer , but you also have to decide exactly what it is that the question is asking you to do . |
| 22 | ought to be said really , since Alan is not here and is erm is resigning , well perhaps that could come a little later on because I think both Joan and Alan er there should be some record other than this about the work they have put in for the Society er I mean the only idea I have , I do n't know how much of a a precedent this is , whether , whether anybody should be offered life membership of the the society or is that only for do you have to reach a certain age |
| 23 | Do you have to add a third scalp to your belt ? ’ |
| 24 | But I would agree with Mr , that it does add a further pressure , it means we have to have a real review of erm , how we pay allowances in order to stay within our budget limit , which I think is two hundred and two thousand for the current year , and erm , a little bit more for next year , according to the previous paper . |
| 25 | In fact once submerged they had to find a red rod and drag themselves along it to the other side of the stage ; more than one mother screamed in fear when she saw the show . |
| 26 | Mm why do they have to have a green field site and start again ? |
| 27 | So I said I had to make a quick decision either I was going to go up me chain past his whatsit and into the roof , or else go thirty feet down and run right across the chamber into whichever er level they could go to . |
| 28 | Where if you 're fairly new , you do n't know them people , you might be thinking you have to have a timed appointment to go in with , where you 'll save a lot of time by just building up , and working on your existing like that . |
| 29 | Does it have to form a continuous path with other correct words ? |
| 30 | Are there any rules for writing poetry in the sense that does it have to rhyme , does it have to have a rhythm , does it have to have a particular for to be recognised and accepted as a piece of poetry as opposed , perhaps , to a piece of prose ? |