Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [pers pn] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , because of their wide scope , when judging such clauses under s 3 of the UCTA , one has to treat them on the basis that they exclude or restrict liability for total failure to perform by reason of wilful default . |
| 2 | The person with the cushion on their lap then has to stroke them on the head and say ‘ Poor pussy ’ without laughing . |
| 3 | All this is so rich , heady and fast-moving that the viewer has to take it on the narrator 's trust . |
| 4 | I 'll tell you this , I 've always had to like him on the job . |
| 5 | IBM Corp was scheduled to make an ‘ operational announcement ’ on its Adstar storage business in San Jose just after we closed on Friday , but we have to assume that it was not anything sufficiently dramatic that it would move the share price , otherwise the company would have had to announce it on the New York Stock Exchange before the market opened to prevent a false market operating in the shares ; the announcement was to be made by vice-chairman Jack Kuehler , and was also to include some personnel news ; IBM has been studying ways to separate Adstar from the rest of the company , Dow Jones & Co notes , and earlier this year , it hired Morgan Stanley & Co and the Boston Consulting Group to recommend ways to speed up the process , which could involve outside investors or a new class of IBM share — and those advisors were scheduled to be done with the preliminary work by now ; a first step would likely be the creation of Adstar as a wholly-owned subsidiary — it has kept separate books since last year ; but the IBM spokesman said some observers might be surprised by the announcement , which was to be concerned with Adstar 's ‘ operations as an IBM business unit and its future direction . ’ |
| 6 | Touch wood , I 've never had to dope him on the lorry . |
| 7 | If anybody wanted to tell ( him ) something , they 'd have to write it on a piece of paper … ’ |
| 8 | No , well I 'm I 'm saying to you the same sort of things , in general skills and abilities there are certain things that we required to put in the er numeracy the literacy er , to some degree attendance and punctuality , although we do n't have to do it on a subject specific basis erm we , everybody wants to know about he young , ho whether their youngsters are trying i.e. effort ha , whether they behave in lessons . |
| 9 | yeah , we should have to put you on the book |
| 10 | Why did you have to put it on an island ? |
| 11 | NB If an advertisement says , ‘ write for application form ’ then keep the letter very brief and without personal details as you will only have to repeat them on the form later . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll have to get it on the loudspeaker when it 's Jazz 's turn to go , ’ Uncle Bean said . |
| 13 | Nobody knows , but you 'd have to milk it on a pogo stick ! |
| 14 | The till , the till locks , and erm we used to assemble those as well and er it was a fortunate one who used to do the lacquering , there was a big er big erm heated table and er it was easy work to do the lacquering you see and you used to have to put them on the top of the heated tower to dry before they were packed to go away , but erm they were , it was a hard place to work for but er the one son Mr he was always in London and er this is n't being recorded now is it , is it ? |
| 15 | But soon — perhaps very soon — I am going to have to lay it on the line , tell them what really has been happening … |
| 16 | Six months ago Teresa Leinin had to put them on a plane to the United States after the High Court ordered they must be sent back to their American father . |
| 17 | ‘ I did n't know I had to put it on the meat — ’ |
| 18 | I had to put it on the floor to work the door bar and once I had it open , I slid it out with my foot . |
| 19 | And I had to put it on the seat of my bicycle , push it all the way and it 'd be a good mile from Street to right across from . |
| 20 | More traumatic still , James Prior , with the greatest reluctance , was forced to move from Employment to the exile of Northern Ireland , even though Mrs Thatcher had to keep him on the Cabinet 's main economic forum , the E Committee . |
| 21 | The only problem was that every time he let the dog off the lead it tried to provide itself with a sheep supper , so consequently he had to keep it on the lead and feed it on tins of beans , sausages , bacon and egg , which had so exhausted his stock of food that now he was living on porridge and giving the dog the rest of his sausages . |
| 22 | She got me she had to kiss me on the arse she fucking she had to be there thirty seconds to get the points and I farted at about ten seconds |
| 23 | These moral issues , which troubled those who wished to enjoy the company of animals but felt they had to judge them on a set of human values , have caused less concern in recent years . |
| 24 | My orderly had to roll me on the floor . |
| 25 | ‘ I have to like them on the phone , ’ she says . |
| 26 | I do n't know , just have to play it on the piano I think before you oh Tim , what have you done dear ? |
| 27 | Then you strip it of its bark and , while the wood is still green and supple , you bend back the thin limbs and bind them in place with string , When you 've done that you have to leave it on a drying rack above the fire for … oh , I suppose about three months . |
| 28 | In theory , if you buy over five per cent of a company , you have to declare it on the Stock Exchange . |
| 29 | Call the Coastguard for information if in doubt — they would rather speak to you on the phone than have to rescue you on the water ! |