Example sentences of "have [prep] be [vb pp] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 The reader has to be led up the garden path .
2 Earlier , on Feb. 6 , the union leader Ajami had said in London that " pressure will have to be put on the Kuwaiti royal family to honour " decisions taken at Jeddah in 1990 [ see p. 37759 ] .
3 ‘ I did not feel guilty about having to be kicked up the arse .
4 The trucks themselves had to be manhandled down the steep rock-strewn defile and as the men were sweating away at this in the hot sun an Italian aircraft picked them up .
5 He felt as abject as a convalescent child and had to be helped up the three stone flights to his cell .
6 By now my courage had failed and I had to be helped up the steep , wooden steps , the executioner 's assistants whispering that if I made a good show they would make sure I would choke for no more than ten minutes .
7 Clearly the point had arrived in September 1947 where fundamental decisions had to be taken on the American commitment to Korea .
8 So the bill had to be taken on the floor of the House and all selected amendments had to be debated and voted on .
9 Decisions have to be taken on the types of film technique to be used ; locations ; casting ; music ; sets ; and any special requirements .
10 The wording referring to the specific location in the location description would by definition have to be drawn up the region , cos they would have intimate knowledge of the locality that er sorry and the costs would be drawn up by the region because they would know as I say intimately they would know that specific development
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