Example sentences of "have [to-vb] a [noun sg] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It looked as if I would have to have a go at the electricity meter with an electro-magnet again . |
| 2 | In addition , in either case , the patient may have to make a payment at the point of receipt of service . [ … ] |
| 3 | She had to attend a conference at the Metropole Hotel organized by a group of Japanese psychoanalysts and psychotherapists . |
| 4 | Once when he had to play a matinée at the Old Vic , for instance , in Hamlet , scarcely offstage for a moment , there was a Welsh International match . |
| 5 | While he was staying at Princeton he went down to Washington — he had to give a lecture at the Library of Congress , and wanted to see his cousin , Martha , there as well as Ezra Pound ; he also made two or three trips to Cambridge to visit his family . |
| 6 | All the difficulties with ‘ wet white ’ were eliminated in Birmingham where there was an obscure ruling that bare legs were banned ( this remained in force as late as the 1950s ) , so when playing there they were given cotton tights but had to put a penny at the side , wrap a piece of string round it and the tights in order to hold them up . |
| 7 | ‘ We have to attend a reception at the Ambassador 's . ’ |
| 8 | Each day her youngsters have to reserve a seat at the table and no prior reservation means no meal . |
| 9 | Well I had learnt shorthand and typing at school but erm the money was necessary at home you see , and er with my sister working there , at H and T Hornes , er she spoke for me and er I had an interview and and they put me up in the nursery , we used to call it the nursery see because we were all fourteens up there and er then they called it the cylinder shop and er my foreman was a fella name Archie and erm everything was very very strict indeed , we could not move away from our board you could n't speak to the next one that was working by you , and er there was a fella named Mr and he was he , I did n't work for him I worked for Mr , but some you cou you were afraid to move because of this man and he he he 'd stare at you and he 'd look at you and anyway erm they put me assembling and it was very interesting indeed , there was a tall stand on , we called it the bench , a tall stand with a screw on the top and then to as begin to assemble the locks you had to take what we would call the body , screw it into the er little on the stand and then we had tweezers , there were , in the body there were five springs and then you had to have five breast pins and when you got the springs in you .. we have to have a plug at the back so as we could put each pin and push the plug over that a dummy plug we called it and so that was five pins were in and then there was a ball er when that , when we came to put it in our vice , we had to put the V I C E not V O voice . |
| 10 | ‘ I happen to be the only person here who believes we have to make a response at the European level , ’ Mr Radice said . |
| 11 | All streets going from Valga ( Estonia ) to Valka ( Latvia ) are closed by a 6ft fence and inhabitants have to show a pass at the three border posts in the city centre . |