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

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1 More sophisticated , more polite , perhaps ; but ‘ easier ’ suggested that I had to pass through some ordeal .
2 Every day I have to go through some sort of treatment .
3 She had to wait for some time before the door was opened , and she hoped very much that it would be opened by Clelia , but it was not ; it was opened by a thin , brown , balding , youngish looking man .
4 There was something odd in the way Faye was looking … no , peering … at those pictures , shifting the book or her head as if she had to see past some obstruction to get a good look .
5 Before you get to see the demo , you have to flick through some text pages containing interesting pieces about the ‘ incident ’ , making you think about what happened .
6 A that time David was going through a period when he would n't fly , which was a pretty smart ploy because it gained you a lot of time between gigs , as you have to travel by some sort of surface transportation .
7 I mean it may well be that we have to resort to some sort of er
8 We have to allow for some license : he is writing to his brother in Paris about this street pick-up and doing his best to make it palatable .
9 We have to come to some kind of deal with the trade unions in this complex interim period .
10 That we have to develop at some stage .
11 Small producers appear to see inferior bargaining strength as the price they have to pay for some continuity in orders .
12 Now er I 'm thinking in in the case of er perhaps a young accountant advising on financial management who finds something odd and perhaps he reports it direct to the authorities , will he be covered or will he have to go through some procedure in order to bring himself within the protection ?
13 It had to come from some distance away since over the centuries the trees and bushes on both sides of the river had been lopped down .
14 He had to put on some plaster so there were only three
15 He had to decide on some action .
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