Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [pron] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have to see someone for a minute . |
| 2 | But instead of filtering food from huge quantities of water they have to extract it from a mass of indigestible vegetable matter . |
| 3 | Because you only have to identify them by a name not not a |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Even when children care desperately for their elderly parents and have to put them in a home because of lack of personal resources , they are not always able to keep up regular contact because of moving to find employment . |
| 6 | Then you strip it of its bark and , while the wood is still green and supple , you bend back the thin limbs and bind them in place with string , When you 've done that you have to leave it on a drying rack above the fire for … oh , I suppose about three months . |
| 7 | They have to run it as a business now . |
| 8 | If I have to lift them for a match of that importance then I might as well walk out of the job . ’ |
| 9 | He said : ‘ It 's lonely being a long way ahead so you have to get youself into a cocoon to protect yourself from the thoughts that can trouble your mind . ’ |
| 10 | The nature of the marketing process may have to vary with customer size ; paint manufacturers will for instance have to get themselves onto a list of approved contractors before they can even bid for orders to major customers such as the railways or car manufacturers . |
| 11 | What mu a a th agent says I only have to pay it off a day |
| 12 | You have to twist it about a bit . |
| 13 | Hm , you have to beat it in a pan of boiling water . |
| 14 | But they have to take it as a fact , and it is a fact which prevents them from envisaging our liquidation . " |
| 15 | I have to take it with a grain of salt . ’ |
| 16 | I think the problem is , that at the moment sex education is so arbitrary and it varies from school to school and from house to house I think they have to make it like a core part of the curriculum , make it compulsory and make it uniform throughout the country , so everybody 's getting the same education , the same quality I think that 'll help . |