Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [to-vb] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
| 2 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 3 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 4 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
| 5 | I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like . |
| 6 | I have to wait for a white actor to turn down a role because the stuff that they 're supposedly writing ‘ black ’ ai n't happenin' . |
| 7 | I thank you Chair , I mean , clearly I have to ask for a little bit of license on this one , in that I have to comment on things outside of my own district , erm but you will not be surprised to hear , given my evidence earlier that the City Council 's view is quite clearly that there is sufficient land with , on the edge of York , the main urban area , which could accommodate this type of level of development and obviate the need for a new settlement in the structure plan period , I accept , however , of course that that is dependant upon the definition of the inner boundary of the greenbelt , if the City Council 's view on that is er acceptable then Inspector , I believe there will be sufficient sites to obviate the the need for a new settlement , clearly if the Inspector takes a tighter view on the greenbelt , then there will be little land opportunity within the main urban area for this . |
| 8 | I have to search for a two-way adaptor and a tape to try it out . |
| 9 | Limitations are imposed by the fact that you have to wait two months for the educational psychologist , you have to close the biology lab when it rains because it leaks and they have n't sent anyone to repair it yet , you have to apply for a short in-service course rather than the full-time MA that you really wanted to do because there are n't any secondments any more . |
| 10 | Will he beef up the public consultation procedures which his Department are currently casting aside like autumn leaves shrivelling on the ground , or do we have to wait for a Labour Government in the full flush of a green spring and summer to bring sense back into our planning system ? |
| 11 | Will we have to wait for a Labour Government before positive action is taken ? |
| 12 | In the end we had to settle for a hurried and depressing buffet in the North British Hotel , with a menu which would not have been out of place at a Sunday-school picnic . |
| 13 | The Chinese do n't like their planes to fly unless the weather is absolutely O.K. So we had to wait for a few hours for the plane to arrive from Shanghai . |
| 14 | So we decided we had to look for a new singer . |
| 15 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |
| 16 | So we have to hope for a fine day for this on Sunday , obviously . |
| 17 | They have to go for a dental inspection |