Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Look , Cand , are you going to tell me what the heck you 're talking about , or do I have to play riddle-me-ree for the next few hours ? ’
2 During all the years I went to school in Parma she never failed to get up to warm the kitchen and give me hot drinks , however early it had to be ; it was sometimes five o'clock , if I had to finish work from the night before .
3 I had to give evidence at the inquest on the young girl . ’
4 Came the sad morning when I had to say goodbye to the crimson walls , white statues , giant mirrors and piped music of O'Brien 's Hotel .
5 I told her how Aisha kept a close watch on what I ate and drank and how I had to take care of the house and children to pay for my board and lodging .
6 I was so convinced of my calling so before it got that far I had to step hack from the relationship . "
7 This meant I had to get hay from the top barn for the rest of my cattle , which were still outside .
8 And then I have to set fire to the bottom bit .
9 Where I have to take issue with the LTA , however , is over its decision to increase prize money for 1992 by 20 per cent from $500,000 to $600,000 , which will be exactly double the minimum requirement from tournaments in the same category on the ATP Tour , for 1993 .
10 But I have to take issue with the latter .
11 So , ’ concluded Owen , ‘ I have to transfer money from the Camel Watering Account . ’
12 I have to have regard to the fact that there is another statement after this one and that there is such pressure on the debate on the Gracious Speech that I shall have to impose a 10-minute limit on speeches .
13 She has to take account of the views of society at large .
14 If it is covered , and indeed faulty , you will have a claim against the manufacturer and this may save you having to take action against the supplier .
15 Did you have to pay rent for the house ?
16 Ari , however , found the leave-taking sorrowful , not least because she had to say goodbye to the jellycrusts .
17 It was a scene straight out of one 's worst nightmares , and she had to clutch hold of the door as shock took the strength from her limbs .
18 Another thing you might not realize is that erm , erm when you ordered motor buses you had to get authority from the Ministry of Transport and you used to appl apply for a bus grant .
19 Only now , with the promise of the strength she might give him , could he afford the luxury of thinking so closely about himself ( you had to have armour in the city , you had to know where you stood ) .
20 Neither is it correct to believe , as many people do , that you have to go south of the Earth 's equator to see the Southern Cross .
21 You have to take care of the rest of your body , too .
22 You have to take account of the worry to your family and yourself as well as the advice that you receive on the merits of your claims .
23 If you go over the limit you have to pay duty on the excess when you go through customs .
24 In the end you have to become part of the establishment , Gareth , but never let them remove or circumscribe your right of free speech ; you use it too well and the rest of us can not do without it .
25 You have to accept responsibility for the fruits of your actions , in the scientific field as elsewhere .
26 You can not be tentative or apprehensive in your movements ; you have to throw caution to the wind and ‘ attack ’ a manoeuvre with the objective clearly in your mind .
27 It 's something you have n't got planned into your day , is n't it , it 's something that comes up , and you , you have to respond to it , so you have to have time between the day , to be able to do those things .
28 Andre says it is dangerous but you have to have respect for the sea it can be hard and punishing …
29 So not only do we have to take account of the confusability of individual words in the lexicon , but also of word strings .
30 Whether he come from this or not , but erm we were dredging the West Bank cos er the kind of ship we got there then were the big tankers and there were n't enough room for them to swing round , so we had to dredge part of the bank out to make the swinging berth and erm there we dredged a bone up about that size
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