Example sentences of "we have [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Do they still own the name or do we have to change ours to The Screaming Yellow Cassettedecks ?
2 He stopped again and we had to flatten ourselves against a wall as a Post Office van mounted the pavement to avoid an illegally parked British Telecom van .
3 The cylinders were causing minor explosions and we had to tackle it from the outside , using the protection of adjoining buildings and cars .
4 The water was rising all the time , and we had to seal him inside a waterproof bag and drag him through the sump . ’
5 The main problem was that we had to do it with a RELIANT ROBIN three wheeler car , looking remarkably similar to Del Boy 's .
6 And er it was er we had to develop it from a poorhouse into an old folks ' home .
7 Then the machine started printing lines all over the paper and we had to send someone into the shops to remove all the faulty rolls . ’
8 When we 'd see these old people , we had to help them in every way , we were taught to do that . ’
9 in the information so we had to we had to assume one for the purpose of public consultation but we said that the final decision on standards would be taken er in another time .
10 In the beginning an arm-band was all we had to identify us with an assortment of weapons , not enough ammunition , and not really knowing what our role was .
11 And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day .
12 Er we also had one very large , cumbersome machine which carried things like lighting and breathing apparatus , and heavy lifting gear and all the other bits and pieces of rescue equipment , which came along in slow time , now that has been improved upon no end , and they 've got a very modern equipment now for that , erm er modern in the sense that new , new pieces have come on , cutting equipment with hydraulic jaws which er just slice through the top of a car roof , whereas we had to cut it with a hacksaw perhaps , or , or another metal saw , we , these can be done with just like cutting through cheese .
13 And then we had to tell her in the end !
14 And up in the cellar , after the shooting , we had to make them to a brace like that , a cockerel and a hen .
15 Sometimes we shave them , other times we have to sit them in the bath with hot water up to their necks and soak it off . ’
16 But Iago 's ‘ practice ’ is so assured , his control of surface and perspective so total , that we have to put him in the highest class of hypocrites , along with Satan .
17 It comes to us , we have to put it through the House of Commons .
18 Yes , just go straight on to policy and resources , we we have to take it with the main motion , I mean if it 's passed it 's a s standing motion .
19 We have to do something about the equity target .
20 For the moment we have to charge the fee , we can not waive it , but we have to charge it , but we have to charge it at the level that is set by the government and which is subject to review and er and er Mr has , has drawn our attention to has recently been increased .
21 We get money for doing that , but we ca n't spend it in our homes we have to use it in the private sector , so , at the end of the day , er , whether we like it or not , we did n't like these decisions but that 's the way we 've got to go .
22 There comes a time when we have to decide which of the paints on the market will do the best job .
23 ‘ I do n't care if we have to release it as a non-profit-making single .
24 Mr Dorman said : ‘ The way forward is to attract the youngsters but we have to get them at an early age . ’
25 Perhaps we have to get it into the erm strategy agenda again I mean we we have had a go at it , but probably inadequately .
26 However absurd these may seem in some respects , we have to read them in the light of the knowledge then available .
27 In this short debate , we have to address ourselves to the question whether the discount of 25 per cent .
28 In order to appreciate something which is above and beyond ourselves we have to rid ourselves for a time of our sophistication and , in the words of Jesus Christ , become as little children again .
29 Cos it 's not as if we have to keep it for the weekend , I can do it during the week .
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