Example sentences of "[vb base] [vb pp] [to-vb] a [num] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I said if I 've got to do a dozen sausage rolls for one I 'd better do them for the others .
2 A hung parlian A hung parliament To get into parliament in the house of commons you 've got to have a thirty percent majority .
3 You 've got to have a thirty percent I 'm not on about seats .
4 You 've got to have a thirty percent majority .
5 You 've got to have a thirty percent majority .
6 We 've had to make a million pounds savings this last year .
7 this is the story of my life now in the bathroom I have had , I have had to pay a hundred pounds to Mr Butcher the plumber to put in a new shower thing because that was cheap and rough and eventually wore out should never have been put in .
8 Tony and George have offered to take a fifty percent pay cut to keep their jobs … but , as yet , to no avail .
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