Example sentences of "[that] they have [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ He journeyed back to his own people , with many adventures along the way ; and when he was in Merkadale he told the Myrcans that they had to stop the killing , that they were only trying to pick an apple that was already in their hands .
2 The court stated that they had to take the plaintiff as they found him .
3 When bad times came and wages were below the level on which they could support their families , the labourers found that they had to ask the authorities of the parish in which they lived for relief ; in other words they became paupers , who could be sent to the workhouse .
4 So fast , in fact , that they had to call a halt to it .
5 For most of us they were n't , but everyone had felt that they had to mark the day , and what else could we do ?
6 Well it so happened that two of the aircrewmen were burnt enough , not real serious , but burned enough that they had to use the ground spare from another squadron , they could n't go on the mission .
7 The scheme was criticized by Second Division Clubs on the grounds that they had to share the onus equally with the better-off .
8 They had backed up huge demands for cost of living allowances and then found that they had to find the money .
9 He managed to detain her long enough for them to tether the horses , because there would be no sense in coming out of the Workshops ( with , or without the prisoner ) and finding that the horses had turned their heads for Tara and that they had to walk the rest of the way to the Fire Court .
10 Instead , his mind is on the great frosts of his youth , when the snow lay so deep on The Crown Green that they had to dig a trench to the shop door .
11 And dear old Sambo had provided more amusement by purloining the turkey , so that they had to eat the bread-sauce and chestnut stuffing without their raison d'être !
12 If the rule is relaxed legal advisers faced with an ambiguous statutory provision may feel that they have to research the materials to see whether they yield the crock of gold , i.e. , a clear indication of Parliament 's intentions .
13 Include it in that , those twelve weeks because I know it 's , you know , a bit erm I would try and see if I could set up some sex education with the health centre and the , you know , that she used to take them and they went through contraception and condoms and whatever at the , and she used to take them down for an afternoon it might well be that they have to miss a lesson
14 Most authors have been baffled after the leisurely progress of their article through the system to find that they have to return the proofs in such a hurry .
15 The humble screen saver , which cause electric toasters to fly across the screen , or turns the tube into a virtual aquarium in order to prevent the WordStar menu getting burned into the phosphor when the machine is left on but unattended for long periods , is the latest battleground for the advertisers according to the Wall Street Journal , which reports that PC Dynamics Inc of Westlake Village , California is actually giving Everready free publicity for its Energizer Bunny because it wanted an animated character to spur interest in its program — so users are expected to pay $25 not only to advertise Everready batteries but to suffer the exasperating experience of having the damn rodent make special appearances , popping on screen in the middle of their work , so that they have to press a key to zap it .
16 I suppose in that context we should be grateful that ministers have not used the power that they have to modify the recommendations of the boundary committees .
17 He said : ‘ There is no doubt that they have to consider the possibility of closing the fund , but his is not what they want to do .
18 Senior union leaders acknowledge privately that they have to win a hearts-and-minds campaign among their members .
19 They decide to add a PostScript RIP and find , to their dismay , that they have to buy the fonts all over again .
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