Example sentences of "[adv] have [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merseyside fire brigade spokesman Ken London said : ‘ It is bad enough having to tackle a serious fire without having stones thrown at you as well . ’ |
| 2 | However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . " |
| 3 | They only had to drop a wizened bean over their shoulders for a plant to spurt from the ground and rain pods at them . |
| 4 | This was why they had n't caught on to the idea of the ground being curved , not flat — and so had to invent an imaginary force to explain what was going on . |
| 5 | You only have to take a little bit off ai n't enough to go under your nose . |
| 6 | The truth is ladies you only have to touch a bald man and you light up like Blackpool Tower . |
| 7 | But , you only have to earn a little bit and you lose your benefit . |
| 8 | To these people , we not only have to offer an attractive package but to be more visible , especially during these troubled times . |
| 9 | That 's all you have , that 's only have to have a little bit . |
| 10 | We created something here , something live and good and untrammelled by the rigor mortis of this dying , stinking society clinging with its preying claws so hard to its privileges because it knows it 's dying , only it wants to kill everything else too , only able to say thou Shalt Not because it 's envious , because it 's cold and impotent — they only have to sniff a little bit of genius , of freedom , of life , and they 're on to it with the , lackey hounds tearing it up , and for why ? |
| 11 | He no longer has to enter a conditional appearance , since that practice was abolished when acknowledgements of service were introduced , but must file his acknowledgement and give notice of intention to defend and then issue his application to set aside service and the renewal order within 14 days . |
| 12 | Mostly musicians spend their time jerking off in front of others and guitar and bass-playing readers are basically fans of the idea of that , but the truth is that it 's all individual — every neck on every guitar just has to feel a certain way . |
| 13 | The company has already had to win a hard-fought battle with Telecom to get access to international telephone lines — a must for the type of customers it hopes to attract . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ If he does n't select and stalk his victim , and obviously he did n't in the last three cases , he 'd normally have to expect a long wait . |
| 15 | Owners of holiday caravans will not normally have to pay a standard community charge . |
| 16 | The commercial men resented thus having to create a negative image of their product , but this was the least the industry could do to allay government criticism that they were expanding more rapidly than resources allowed . |
| 17 | and I 'm just wondering if maybe , maybe we will just have to do a wee bit of work and try and get something on the go to see if somebody will |
| 18 | ‘ Well , we 'll just have to have a male crone for today , ’ replied Miss Thorne in a dangerously quiet voice . |
| 19 | I had wrung out the Spidersuit and Y-fronts and hung them over a Bible suck thinking how He would just have to lump a bare arse on His books for one night . |
| 20 | As it was , the most she could hope for was his speedy return to Hong Kong , but for now she supposed she would just have to endure a certain amount of contact , as he had warned her earlier at the party just before leaving her with Cavell Fielding and Penny Seu Chen . |
| 21 | The ITV companies pay royalties only after sales , but they will soon have to negotiate a new deal . |
| 22 | LEARNER drivers may soon have to take a written exam as part of their tests . |
| 23 | With legislative elections due to be held the following year , de Gaulle knew that he might soon have to face a hostile majority committed to clawing back power from the president . |
| 24 | If you were asked which club it was , you just had to have a good reason for choosing it . |
| 25 | We thus have to consider a typical evolution rather than attempt to cover all possibilities . |
| 26 | That 's the trouble with doing all these films and tellies — you just have to remember a little bit for a short take . |
| 27 | You just have to give a straight answer . |
| 28 | ‘ I think you just have to have a flexible mind , ’ said Masklin , knowing even as he said the words that this probably was n't going to be a lot of help . |
| 29 | You just have to have an official order |
| 30 | Mr Mayor , I do feel after councillor er er er speech I just have to make a little comment erm people in my ward . |