Example sentences of "[conj] we have [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 That were just the temporary passes for the motorway that we had to return to department .
2 This means that we have to respond to customer requirements minute by minute .
3 To suppose that we have to choose between mentalism and behaviourism is like saying that we have to choose between saying that the words ‘ trump ’ and ‘ revoke ’ designate feelings of triumph and embarrassment , and saying that they designate triumphant and embarrassed behaviour .
4 When we are so ill that we have to stay in bed and be looked after , we are driven back even further into unconscious memories of having to call or cry for help for even the simplest needs .
5 These are all things that we have to bear in mind .
6 ‘ They found us everywhere so we had to stay under water nearly twenty-three hours a day , and the air was so bad you had to lie down and sleep so you did n't use too much of it . ’
7 So , because we were in the A A he said you could have a ba , and we had to go to court , we had a summons for court , for careless driving , your dad and your dad said oh so A A said you could have barrister , or our insurers said we could have a barrister our insurers , not the one with we 're with now Norman , he was to do all the , said we could have this barrister and it was at Liverpool Crown Court and , it was n't till a , and I was alright we we just got a bit of a shock , you know , we could drive the home it was the wing and what not .
8 She rose and the apron made a tissue-paper sound , ‘ And we have to bear in mind , Miss Thorne , that for many people a hospital of this kind is not the answer .
9 well — it looks like we have to rely on Speed and Macca for them goals — i guess one of them is our ‘ top-scorer ’ right now ?
10 If we had to choose between radiocarbon and TL dating , then we would have to take into account that radiocarbon is used for organic materials and has an upper age limit of about forty thousand years , whereas TL is applied to inorganic samples and can be used beyond the range of radiocarbon .
11 The second problem is that where the engine joins the Series IIa gearbox there is a half moon gap , this could cause serious problems of mud and dirt if we have to wade across mud to pick up some dismounted horse rider .
12 We were afraid , but we had to go on shore .
13 The shoot used to last five or six days in August but you did n't get paid when it was finished — do n't ask me why , but we had to wait until Christmas .
14 Generalisations may be helpful to a certain extent but we have to take into account complex variants which are law-related but not necessarily legal : Richard Vogler ( in Chapter 7 of this volume ) for example , leads us to ask whether the use of law will lead to a bureaucratisation and disintegration of the peace movement as in the 1960s ?
15 But we have to keep in mind that we 're not gon na let service levels deteriorate so
16 It is as though we had to talk in order to reassure ourselves that we were living .
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