Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have to search for a two-way adaptor and a tape to try it out . |
| 2 | Most clubs , you have to go through a long rigmarole of being proposed and seconded and vouched for by other members and having your background scrutinised , and weeks and months go by before you 're elected . |
| 3 | People arriving in this country for such a purpose have to go through a long interview procedure to process their claims . |
| 4 | If you have to go through a smoke-filled area , crawl with your head low |
| 5 | They all have to go through a special scanner |
| 6 | You have to go through a short course at the R A F College Cranwell and then once that that teaches you the R A F side of it makes you into an officer because at the end of the day you maybe there to do public relations but if the spaghetti hits the fan you 're an officer and you 're a combatant and you know you carry a gun around when you 're in a war zone and you know you 're expected to use it and if the senior officer of the unit next to you gets shot and you 're the most senior officer then you take over |
| 7 | I do n't know how much the discount is for each game , or wether you have to go to a special members area which probably costs more than without vouchers anyway . |
| 8 | The cost of photocopying can mount up if you have to go to a local shop and pay several pence a sheet , whereas there are very likely to be local supporters who have photocopiers and are willing to run off a hundred copies at no charge . |
| 9 | They have to go for a dental inspection |
| 10 | As that , yeah that 's what I said , I said , they have to go in a yellow book if they 're really naughty which he has n't done yet and then they have to go to Mrs so I said well you 'll be going to Mrs if you do n't |
| 11 | He greeted her calmly and as he turned the ignition key he said , ‘ I have to see to a young leopard and treat the hippo , who , they tell me , is a bit off colour . |
| 12 | In these cases I either have to wait for a passing walker and ask for assistance , try to reverse my direction or take the plunge and risk damage to chair and body . |
| 13 | I have to wait for a white actor to turn down a role because the stuff that they 're supposedly writing ‘ black ’ ai n't happenin' . |
| 14 | Now is a good time to plant , so plants can become established before they have to cope with a dense canopy of leaves and dry soil in the summer . |
| 15 | The companies also have to cope with a growing demand for water . |
| 16 | Teachers , who have to cope with a large group of children , are likely to regard aggressive or disruptive youngsters as problems and overlook those who are quiet and withdrawn because , in their terms , they are ‘ well behaved ’ . |
| 17 | As we have seen already when we have to cope with a large number of losses in a short time , it becomes much harder to deal with the grief that we feel . |
| 18 | Many of these animals not only have to contend with a changing landscape due to human development ( ! ) but also human greed . |
| 19 | Local tax offices now have to report to a central-control office . |
| 20 | Do not feel that you have to persist with a particular type of pressed flower work if you are not happy with it . |
| 21 | If you are an England player you have to behave in a certain way . ’ |
| 22 | Nevertheless , the existence of such divisions does not mean that we have to talk of a multi-party system ; rather , it seems better to talk of two parties , both representing a broad spectrum of political viewpoints which nevertheless remain recognisable as either Whig or Tory . |
| 23 | You have to play with a special membrane , made of v. thin bamboo , over one of the holes . |
| 24 | The other participants in the meeting have to rendezvous at a similar studio , of which there are nine in Britain . |
| 25 | I suppose parents have to put on a brave face . |
| 26 | an electro cardiograph , it 's a tracing of the electrical il impulses from the heart given off by the heart and this chap came in he 'd never had one before and he was nervous anyway , so I 'm trying to put him at his ease and I , I put , you have to put like a rubber band round their arms and legs and attach erm electrodes to them , you do n't feel anything , you 're only measuring the electrical impulses given off by the heart |
| 27 | In addition to Acts of Parliament both Houses have to deal with a great deal of what is known as ‘ subordinate ’ or ‘ delegated ’ legislation . |
| 28 | HM Inspectors of Factories or Agriculture visit many types of workplace , and have to deal with a wide range of technical and legislative problems . |
| 29 | In short , we still have to deal with a harmonic problem — the satisfactory effect of note-combinations both in isolation and in horizontal movement . |
| 30 | The confusion yields when we realize that we have to do with a limited area , however large , and that the ‘ unionists ’ , if I may use this term , made the mistake of extrapolating the ambiguity and interchangeability within this limited area to the whole scope of Mozart 's staccato notation . |