Example sentences of "[adv] had [to-vb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , this was the only spectacle which Mrs Goreng had not had to contrive for the benefit of her guests . |
| 2 | Economic Man , seeing two boxes of chocolates , of which one is cheaper because the manufacturer has not had to pay for consequential damage to some third party , would choose that cheaper box . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've just had to walk for miles , ’ she said , flopping down into an armchair . |
| 4 | I ca n't imagine he has ever had to search for his mother , or had narcolepsy , or become a hustler , yet he does all three so brilliantly in the film it breaks your heart . |
| 5 | ‘ From what you and Aubrey have told me about Alice 's life , she has always had to fend for herself . |
| 6 | Although the housing scheme is the size of a town , the working class people who were placed in them were never afforded the amenities or investment of a town and from the beginning until present , have always had to fight for decent schools , transport , shops , housing , play , entertainment and recreation facilities , all the basic infrastructure needed to build a community and which the people in the inner city and middle class parts of the city take for granted . |
| 7 | Meredith was surprised he always had to look for a hidden motive . |
| 8 | We 're on social security and we 've virtually had to fight for everything we 've got . |
| 9 | Though this may sound childish — and I was in fact childish in many ways , as young women are who have never had to shift for themselves but have always had someone to stand between them and the world — it did , in fact , help me to behave better to Nonni , who was not stupid at all in matters of feeling , and easy to hurt . |
| 10 | The most common culinary crises were narrowed down to : seduction cuisine — how to cook a romantic dinner to impress ; budget cuisine , coronary cuisine , comfort cuisine — for those not feeling on top of the world ; spoil yourself cuisine — for anyone on their own ; student cuisine ; survival cuisine — for those who 've never had to cook for themselves before ; sports cuisine — for those needing a carbohydrate boost before a sporting activity ; trim cuisine — for cooks wanting to entertain but still stick to a diet ; creep cuisine — to impress the boss ; and finally , oat cuisine — for vegetarians , of course ! |
| 11 | This concept is indeed abstract for those of us who have never had to fight for it or defend it . |
| 12 | She was spoiled , he was right , and she had never had to fight for anything in her life before . |