Example sentences of "he [adv] have [to-vb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he rarely had to spend a lunchtime without a game . |
| 2 | And he only had to wait a couple of erm points left on his licence so if I 'd taken the dangerous thriving or something he could have lost his licence but erm that 's besides the point . |
| 3 | He still had to have a medical . |
| 4 | But he still had to find a wife . |
| 5 | He probably had to make a phone call or something , Ronni decided , her eyes following him as he disappeared inside . |
| 6 | If a villager migrates to Bombay and makes a living as a hawker , he probably has to bribe a cop to stay in business and pay off the local mafia don . |
| 7 | Afterwards Jacques Poos , the Luxembourg Foreign Minister , declared that President Gorbachev said that " he would continue on the path to reform even if he sometimes had to take a detour " . |
| 8 | He seldom had to meet a man twice to be certain of his ground with him . |
| 9 | However , when Rousseau 's text is submitted to the questioning scrutiny of the grammatologist , it emerges that , although Rousseau clearly wants to say that melody originates in the passions , he actually has to formulate a definition of it that includes a notion of articulation and differentiation . |
| 10 | ‘ Now , as Irish manager , he never has to discuss a contract , never has to sign a player . |