Example sentences of "and [pers pn] have [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I had to get the old erm quilt down . |
| 2 | There was no water-borne sanitation , and every other day Tidey and I had to empty the few sanitary buckets , burying their contents in holes dug in the garden , as well as trying to keep the houses clean and collecting fruit and vegetables . |
| 3 | Your mother fed the clothes into the rollers and you had to turn the old mangle . |
| 4 | They expect you to get on They tell you what to do and you had to make the best . |
| 5 | No but , what the bloke had one half and you had to have the other half . |
| 6 | It 's the monotony I do n't like — it 's repetitive and you have to do the same things each day . |
| 7 | They 're not on show because displaying costume is very difficult , because you have to have very strict environment control ; and light has to be very dim and you have to watch the relative humidity . |
| 8 | One could then make a multiple stimulus-response drill where two stimuli are given each time , and you have to choose the appropriate verb form . |
| 9 | Cos if you leave d go the cord straight away the cord just goes shooting up there , the weight inside comes down here and you lose the cord and you have to take the whole lot p t apart in order to get the thing to work again . |
| 10 | Art had always tried to give back what he had gained in life , he felt grateful for what he felt he had to be given , some said he 'd achieved a great deal , but in his heart he felt fate had dealt him with him gently and you have to make the most of the lo of the card life deals you . |
| 11 | Change one word and you have to change the whole sentence . |
| 12 | You have to have very good equipment , and you have to have the best start possible . |
| 13 | And you have to pay the little boys to guard your bikes otherwise they let down the tyres . |
| 14 | But more complex work , such as crowns and bridges , is not covered and you have to pay the full laboratory cost of this work or 35 per cent of the dentist 's normal fee . |
| 15 | She was afraid to look round again , but the other housemaid was ready to carry soup bowls to the table and she had to do the same . |
| 16 | But whatever the reason behind it , if there was a reason and it was n't simply someone shaking up names in a box and picking one out here and there , it was like banging your head against a brick wall to attempt to fight against Movement Orders — here she was and she had to make the best of it . |
| 17 | There was nobody around , and she had to unlock the enormous oak doors herself , using both hands to turn the iron key , then pushing one of the doors open , her shoulder against it , before she was able to see outside . |
| 18 | We did not know what to think last night and we had to fear the worst . |
| 19 | The day when McQuaid always used to come from the fair in Mohill and we had to make the big tea . ’ |
| 20 | They could n't continue , so it was quite difficult and we had to avoid the Iraqui army as we did that . |
| 21 | A spokesman said : ‘ It is a massive subject and we have to consider the ethical , medical and legal position . ’ |
| 22 | And they have to deposit the first year 's payment at the clinic as soon as they arrive . |
| 23 | And they have to deposit the first year 's payment to the clinic as soon as they arrive . |
| 24 | But , you know they can pick it and er , it just flashes up and they have to put the right answer in , if they get the right answer it it goes on to the next one , if it |
| 25 | But now the thing was out and he had to make the best of it . |
| 26 | With self-service the product had to work hard to sell itself , and it had to withstand the new phenomenon of customer handling . |