Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [to-vb] [adv prt] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | do I have to look out the old greatcoat , woolly hat , scarf and gloves of my hippy days ? |
| 2 | I was surrounded by a crowd of shouting , gesticulating Malts , who pulled at my parachute , lifted my head and drove me so furious that I had to give up the dying idea in order to concentrate completely on kicking every Malt who came within range . |
| 3 | Six o'clock in the morning , I had to clean out the Danish piggeries . |
| 4 | But if you would n't tell me I had to find out the only way I could , ’ Travis explained , tightening his arms about her . |
| 5 | I had to find out the hard way — to coin a phrase . |
| 6 | You get a little book , and you have to take out the tape , and you have to write down the different conversations you have in between , all your conversations , and then erm , . |
| 7 | You have to work out the right questions to find out what you want to know , see ? " |
| 8 | However , you will probably have obstacles such as window reveals , door openings and built-in furniture in the room , all competing to be the centre of attention , and you have to work out the best ‘ centre point ’ while trying to avoid having very thin cut-tile borders and edges anywhere . |
| 9 | Before you can have a revolution you have to break down the existing system . ’ |
| 10 | Before you can have a revolution you have to break down the existing system . |
| 11 | We had to blow out the first two weeks of an American tour . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ We had to take out the affected computer and rent another . |
| 13 | This was the first opportunity we had to try out the new personalisation facility with the agents ’ mailing . |
| 14 | To get it to work properly , we have to clear out the old powder , which are our old conditioned thought patterns , and replace them with the right ones . |
| 15 | Failing that they had to trudge down the nearest side streets with their suitcases , knock on doors at random asking whether they took theatricals . |
| 16 | They had to walk down the long straight street past Shea 's pub with its sour smell of drink coming out on to the street from behind its dark windows , past Birdie Mac 's sweet shop where they had spent so much time choosing from jars all their school life . |
| 17 | Now they had to work out the 24th number . |
| 18 | The ESC , however , threatened to stay away from the Civic in future if they had to make up the lost revenue . |
| 19 | They went to total excess and then they had to come back the other way . |
| 20 | ‘ Then if we actually go ahead and build the New Jerusalem , they have to take up the full rights , which would amount to … 2.000.000.000,00 . ’ |
| 21 | First he had to sort out the embarrassed financial affairs of his brother John , which had been neglected by the latter whilst working for the Company . |
| 22 | Above all , he had to speed up the protracted constitutional timetable of his predecessor . |
| 23 | Well he had to switch on the interior light to be able to fill out the form . |
| 24 | He do n't love thee since Garty moaned so he had to pay back the two shilling given for thee . |
| 25 | Saturdays made no difference to us , for there was no school then , but on Wednesdays some of us had to stand up the whole way to Parma . |