Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [adv prt] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR .
2 Speaking after delivering an emotional tribute to his party workers , he said : ‘ There 's a great deal of serious reflection that has to go on in the opposition parties , but I 've no doubt that most of the reflection has to take place within Labour and it has to take place on the subject of PR .
3 One business source said : ‘ He has a low base salary and he has to stand out in the sun a great deal longer before he gets a bonus at the oasis .
4 They buy a cot , a changing table , a convertible buggy/pram , a baby seat to go in the back of the car , a changing mat , a night-light , a sterilizing unit , five large bottles plus teats , five small bottles plus teats , five baby-grows ( newborn size ) , three undervests ( newborn size ) , three pairs of socks ( newborn size ) , a mobile with four fluffy ducks dancing around a clockwork mechanism that plays the Brahms Lullaby , a wallpaper frieze with chickens on it which Paul has to put up in the nursery , a van-sized packet of newborn nappies , a tub of cream to put on the kid 's bottom , a bucket of white emulsion to freshen up the nursery walls , a lampshade with more chickens on it to brighten up the nursery light , a parasol to go on the buggy and a breast pump for expressing milk .
5 Well often I might see somebody waving out by the gate frantically trying to get in where he 's put one of his different size padlocks round the gate , the back gate and the front gate , and often if we need to feed the cat he 's padlocked all the different padlocks round the kitchen cupboards erm we 've been unable to get the cat food out , so we 've had to go off in the car and bring him back from a friend because he 's the only one who knows which key goes with which padlock to undo all the cupboards .
6 This one , he said , pointing to Bobby , he had had to pick up in the street .
7 I hate having to sit down in the toilet all the time .
8 I 'll have to go back in the house because I 've got two odd gloves on .
9 But it became clear that she would soon have to go out in the rain and get a bus to their sister convent .
10 And do n't get so drunk that you ca n't stand up and have to sit down in the middle or , worse still , can not speak at all .
11 ‘ Working with Tracey is much easier than a group because you would have to stand around in the group and not get a chance of doing things .
12 ‘ I 'll have to come back in the summer without the boots to play properly ! ’
13 I recall having to stand out in the cold at Cotherstone Chapel when one gentleman belonging to a family which had been in the dale for several generations was laid to rest .
14 ‘ If we could be sure he 's having to hide out in the open , it might even be a good idea . ’
15 She would have to walk back in the afternoon sunshine , or find somewhere to rest .
16 Mum , what do we have to do out in the garden ?
17 She very much doubted Madeleine would be prepared to give up the good time she was having to settle down in the country on Harry 's salary .
18 His first revolt against the culture of women 's subordination was " against my mother having to get up in the morning , like they all did , to cut the bread for the lads .
19 It 's the children crying to be fed , and having to get up in the morning and pawn whatever you 've got left to buy four rolls for breakfast or a kilo of sugar .
20 My brother and I used to have a joke — we saw how hard our father worked — that we would only consider medicine if we could become specialists in venereal diseases , because we would never have to get up in the middle of the night and we would never be out of work .
21 So likewise the Saturday nights here , I 'm alright I do n't have to get up in the morning .
22 Any child under 12 and less than five feet tall will have to belt up in the front or rear .
23 but , not to have to drag out in the car to the solar and buy food in the supermarkets
24 He had to sit out in the corridor at Windsor listening to Electrophone transmissions of some opera that went on and on before the warblers saw fit to die with some interminable aria .
25 had to go out in the road !
26 A teacher , again in a Southall primary school , told of an ‘ amusing ’ incident when an Indian girl of ten was reduced to tears when she had to go out in the sun in the summer term .
27 He had to go back in the end because there was no one else to put her to bed , but he hated touching her . ’
28 But I felt guilty about her being in a Home … she just had to go in in the end — and I know it 's the best place , it 's safe and she has company all the time … ’
29 As the battering wind seized them they had to stoop along in the darkness , fighting for handholds , first the base of the old pulley , then the mast .
30 She had to stand up in the midst of a certain amount of pomp and ceremony and address a large audience , which included her own family , her husband , the Prime Minister , the Lord Mayor and a host of City dignitaries , many of them accomplished public speakers themselves .
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