Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] have [to-vb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 You know , and I mean we we work , you know , it 's like er I mean I have to pay full poll tax and all these type of things too , even though my husband 's on a sort of very er basic sort of wage , and I pay all these things you know .
2 Ukraine ( except in the formerly Habsburg part ) and Macedonia showed no signs of wanting to break away until the USSR and Yugoslavia had been destroyed by other hands , and they found they had to take some action in self-defence .
3 They found they had to aid each other to achieve coupling , or they would slip apart to achieve nothing .
4 In a letter the Chief Executive of RSNC , The Wildlife Trust Partnership , Tim Cordy , tells Middlesbrough : ‘ The designation is both an accolade and a challenge and acknowledges you for the contributions which already you have made towards environmental improvement , and the future plans you have to encourage sustainable development . ’
5 So I mean you have to send one copy , unless they take the bother of the copy they have received may gone to somebody else .
6 well , do n't you remember I had to pay one pound fifty something last Christmas
7 ‘ I was told I had to play well week-in , week-out in the League to further my chances of getting back into the international side and it has been good to play in a successful side at Cardiff . ’
8 Transport costs cut into that favourable balance ; the Company reckoned it had to sell Indian cotton textiles at 2½ to 3 times their Indian price to cover costs , and dividends were not normally above 7 or 8 per cent a year .
9 When someone is bereaved they have to make considerable readjustment socially speaking .
10 Anyway , they all sensed they had to make this work .
11 Still I suppose I have to take second place to your work . ’
12 As I say I mean well because I do feel the cold I suppose I have to have more heat than
13 If it does n't heal you have to have another batch taken off .
14 If sweet reason and turning a blind eye are not enough and you feel you have to use some form of punishment , do so without excessive anger or physical force .
15 They feel you have to endure great anxiety and suffer a lot and of course while you 're doing that , you do n't get the work done . ’
16 I believe we have to take this aspect of the Spirit very seriously today .
17 Say no I 'm alright and I must 've lifted my head , all I could hear was this old scraggy voice like a witch , ah serve the fucking bastard right , the fucking honest to fuck , so I must 've sat for another half an hour and I knew I had to go that way to get home .
18 You know , in that horrible time when I first knew I had to have this operation .
19 We felt we had to take direct action .
20 It does mean we have to make extra effort to make visitors and newcomers feel welcome .
21 He felt he had to make some kind of protest , no matter how feeble .
22 Lafaille knew he had to complete this section before there was any chance of a bivouac site .
23 But the chief superintendent knew he had to counterfeit genuine anger when he confronted Blanche , tear her off a strip , and put overweening ambition in its place .
24 " Why do I have to wear this stuff ? " he complained .
25 " Do I have to wear this blazer-thing ? he whispered to his mother ,
26 Do I have to do this mummy ?
27 So she says er , do I have to go that thing tomorrow ?
28 ‘ How much longer do I have to endure this innuendo ? ’
29 Did you have to saw this stick ?
30 ‘ And how much did you have to drink last night ? ’
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