Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did not have to wait long for a train . |
| 2 | Those who made the journey to London might have done so for a variety of reasons . |
| 3 | ‘ He 'd have to look elsewhere for a vet . ’ |
| 4 | First , the shot-gun approach involves the buyer saying ‘ Unless you agree immediately to a price reduction of 20% we 'll have to look elsewhere for a supplier . ’ |
| 5 | Picture a teenage girl in Morocco for whom premarital loss of virginity is culturally intolerable and who faces the ‘ choice ’ , under male duress , of tolerating anal intercourse , or of submitting to vaginal penetration knowing that she will thereby have to leave home for a life of prostitution ; she may even know that both are related to acquisition of HIV . |
| 6 | It seemed she 'd have to stay here for a while . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'll have to stay here for a while on business , ’ my friend the captain told me . |
| 8 | They will have to reside there for a minimum of one month a year , but this may be waived for up to five years by an annual payment of $5,000 to the Bahamian government . |
| 9 | ‘ We 'll turn you in , arrange police protection , perhaps the family 'll have to move away for a while , but — ‘ |
| 10 | I must have stood there for a couple of hours , getting more and more fed up as my imagination worked overtime . |