Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [pron] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it 's not all play for Jon , because he now has to drag himself off the podiums to do the warm-up spot behind the decks . |
| 2 | At Plowden was a road bridge built of transverse timbers with gaps in between ; it was here , on one of our journeys , that we sighted a cow with all four legs fallen through the gaps and its horns waving over the line ; Cadwallader ( the guard ) had had to pull it by the horns with main force while the station master sat on its head and Whitaker slowly drew the coaches past . |
| 3 | Her mother and father had had to help her down the steps and into the car . |
| 4 | ‘ Well , you 'll just have to hump it up the stairs as best you can , wo n't you . |
| 5 | Then the government and the factory managers will have to do something about the dangers of your work . ’ |
| 6 | Frequently , all that they will have to guide them through the recommendations of officials will be their own political common sense ; this may well be adequate for a strong minister , but others may find it hard to change the bureaucracy 's course . |
| 7 | WINNERS : Peers of the realm , who can continue to make use of the facilities in the Other Place without having to humiliate themselves at the hustings . |
| 8 | Unfortunately I 'm going to be busy for most of today lecturing to a group of Japanese businessmen , so I 'll have to leave you in the hands of my assistant . |
| 9 | " We have n't much line either , " she said , " I shall have to fly it from the stays . " |
| 10 | ‘ But you 'll have to wow them in the aisles . |
| 11 | In the paper prepared by the Trade Union Research Project which the Panel considered , they outline 5 options , one is a new model , two is a switch to high technology industry and the Panel will come up and say well they either support one or two or three of these options and then the council will have to consider which of the options they adopt , and then have to consider what their planning powers are in relation to it . |
| 12 | Suppose no real dates were available , as with our older eras , then we would have to recognise it by the phenomena of organic evolution . |
| 13 | However , the NFU and the SLF said their members were seriously concerned at the lack of a requirement for water authorities to seek a way-leave , particularly if the industry is privatised and any work carried out on private land would result in increased profits for the water company without its having to pay anything for the rights to gain access . |
| 14 | We dread having to take her to the vets for her nails to be cut . |
| 15 | Just the hint of a vengeful smile accompanied the massage that we could n't just walk off with that there dog — we 'd have to take him to the parcels office and sign for him . |
| 16 | ‘ He said you could grieve without having to prove it to the neighbours by wearing black . ’ |
| 17 | ( I had a meeting of an advisory committee at the Bodleian at three , which was likely to be acrimonious and prolonged , and I simply had to buy something for the boys ' dinner first . ) |
| 18 | He tipped up her chin so she had to look him in the eyes but she pulled her face away . |
| 19 | Anyone who handled the King 's money was ‘ charged ’ with the revenues he had received or collected and had to acquit himself before the Barons of the Exchequer by showing what he had done with it . |
| 20 | ‘ But I already have an assault charge hanging over me , so in the end I had to leave it to the stewards . |
| 21 | Since I had to do something during the hours I was supposed to be with Sophie , I joined the local Labour Party . |
| 22 | A hurricane lamp and a pinpoint of light from a torch were all the girls had to guide them across the sleepers and rails . |
| 23 | Then the machine started printing lines all over the paper and we had to send someone into the shops to remove all the faulty rolls . ’ |
| 24 | Beryl was poorly this morning and I had to run her to the doctors . |
| 25 | SARFU had to distance themselves from the happenings at Ellis Park ’ , said French . |
| 26 | But , after a while , she had to excuse herself from the discussions to express some milk and Laura was furious . |
| 27 | But I could n't let go of him , I had to get him to the cops . |
| 28 | When someone discovered something , they had to explain it to the others , and this reinforced their own understanding . |
| 29 | So I had to take it from the telesales side to get the appointment to get in the door to do a demonstration and then to do the after sales . |
| 30 | Scrope relied almost exclusively on George Villiers , first Duke of Buckingham [ q.v. ] , but consequently had to adapt himself to the tergiversations of the latter 's policies . |