Example sentences of "[conj] she have [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though occasionally , like now , Betty 's family commitments — she had a husband and a three-year-old son — meant that she had to cancel a date . |
| 2 | It left her so weak that she had to put a hand out to the table before she could sit down . |
| 3 | ‘ She told me , thank God , that she had to stuff a handkerchief in her mouth to stop laughing too loudly . ’ |
| 4 | She retains a liveliness of mind which is quite extraordinary under the circumstances and she still displays a keen sense of humour and a warmth of contact despite the fact that she has to use a machine . |
| 5 | But I hope he 'll be able to make her understand that she ca n't ever have me , and that she has to make a life for herself away from me . ’ |
| 6 | She 's only got two suitcases , so she had to leave a lot of stuff behind — like her tailor 's dummy and all the furniture . |
| 7 | It refused to accept the bent card , and she had to find a barrier run by a human being . |
| 8 | In her bedroom now , sipping her whisky , she acknowledged for the first time in her life that if she had to make a list of the happy times , it would properly have to include the hours she had spent with Graham in his garden . |
| 9 | Maggie was a very young woman , she thought that if she had to face a gang of young firemen she would be more comfortable in something smart . |
| 10 | And she passed with flying colours She 's been driving for years apparently but she had to take a test . |
| 11 | Just because she had to leave a meeting suddenly did not mean she would relinquish her authority . |
| 12 | Then she would glance through the books she had bought , because she had to make a report on them . |
| 13 | When she had to set a plate before him she could smell pomade on his hair , and her gaze was drawn to the long , clever hands which had once touched her body so intimately and unprofessionally . |