Example sentences of "he have [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has to respond like a well-trained dog to demands shouted at him . |
| 2 | The peasant is also vulnerable in the market for he has to operate within a new system of values , one that emphasises competition , astuteness and individuality . |
| 3 | And he had to put on a brave face as he manned the tombola stall at a primary school Christmas bazaar where his children Adam , seven , and five-year-old Amber were among the revellers . |
| 4 | Half-way along the twisting alley he had to squeeze past a primitive scaffolding — constructed with wooden posts and three storeys high and heavy beams for planks . |
| 5 | He had to choose between a good life and a bad life , he thought . |
| 6 | On the one hand he had to contend with a tough gang of young people attracted to the youth club , and on the other to care for the elderly people who made up a considerable proportion of his congregation . |
| 7 | But in South Africa , after having been in the lead for forty-three laps , he had to retire with a seized gear-box . |
| 8 | He had to rely on a kind-hearted local butcher who gave him two chickens a week to build up his strength . |
| 9 | It did not bother Haslam that he had to rely to a large degree on the expertise of others to perform his own job well . |
| 10 | Next morning , after a 9.15 breakfast , he discussed with Jones his ideas for a speech he had to make in a few weeks ' time at a Literary Fund dinner . |
| 11 | Displaced from power , he had to toil in a humble farmhouse outside Florence . |
| 12 | Before then , however , he had to pass through a tricky transitional phase at home . |