Example sentences of "[conj] we have [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So we thought we would have to lose either the display case or the rebuilt wall — and then an old friend of ours , who happens to be the Emeritus Professor of Suburban Buildings at the University of Lutterworth , visiting one day , told us that these houses never actually had a dividing wall between the front room and the back parlour-so we had to take the whole wall out and remodel the opening in the original style , with a simple lintel and unadorned verticals , which we bought at auction in Fyfe . ’ |
| 2 | He neglected all his duties and so there was nothing for it , either we had to wipe him off as a son , which is an impossible thing for a parent to do , or we had to decide the only other course open to us which was to kidnap him and have him de-programmed . |
| 3 | ‘ He discoursed about his understanding of the Church and he said that we had to hold the high and the low together but for his part his sympathies were with the high . |
| 4 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 5 | Certain things were asserted beyond peradventure : namely , that we had to get the public-sector borrowing-requirement down , because if it went up or stayed up it would keep interest rates up . |
| 6 | IT is with great sadness that we have to announce the premature death , on , of , 's production planning manager . |
| 7 | Secondly the , the constraint reduces the opportunity that we have to pursue the ethical investment policies which will have regard to the aims and objectives of the Council as a whole , and then lastly there is the matter of practicality . |
| 8 | ‘ Once the quads were born , everything stopped , except we had to get the top floor converted into a nursery , ’ John said . |
| 9 | The day when McQuaid always used to come from the fair in Mohill and we had to make the big tea . ’ |
| 10 | They could n't continue , so it was quite difficult and we had to avoid the Iraqui army as we did that . |
| 11 | A spokesman said : ‘ It is a massive subject and we have to consider the ethical , medical and legal position . ’ |
| 12 | Apollinaire in a review of the Salon des Indépendants of that year wrote : ‘ If we had to describe the general trend of this exhibition , we would say without hesitation — and with great pleasure — that it means the rout of Impressionism ’ . |
| 13 | dir : I 'm sorry , but we have to convince the medical research establishment that we can deliver high quality work not these small scale , unquantifiable studies of yours . |
| 14 | She said , ‘ Fred and I will have to leave now as we have to catch the early train in the morning , Mary . |