Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
| 2 | Will he beef up the public consultation procedures which his Department are currently casting aside like autumn leaves shrivelling on the ground , or do we have to wait for a Labour Government in the full flush of a green spring and summer to bring sense back into our planning system ? |
| 3 | Will we have to wait for a Labour Government before positive action is taken ? |
| 4 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 5 | Last Friday the civil servant in charge of government policy on radioactive waste management reiterated Whitehall 's position that a solution to the disposal issue would have to wait for a future generation . |
| 6 | Just nine first and you dial straight through , you do n't have to wait for a secondary dialling tone do you ? |
| 7 | Why , d' ya get , do you have to retire at a certain time ? |
| 8 | The R&A 's amateurs will have to cope with a big industry , lobbying for change , and exercising the clout that money brings . |
| 9 | As before , however , she will have to go through a phantom pregnancy as a result of this treatment . |
| 10 | He could be more personal now that he did n't have to go through a nosy newspaper office . |
| 11 | He claimed there should be no erosion of traditional fishing areas , and stressed that each application would have to go through a long process before being granted . |
| 12 | As you do n't have to go through a minor interval just go one semitone lower and |
| 13 | I certainly would not advocate as many in rugby union , but a maximum of one per team seems perfectly reasonable , and they should not have to go through a qualifying period . |
| 14 | Er , the honourable gentleman wondered whether we would ever have a truncated view again , certainly not under the ninety three legislation because that was a once off as a careful reading of the act will show , er but er we will erm and his honourable friend , the member for Perry Barns hoped er that er we would have no more reviews of European boundaries , I know because he was talking at P R but we will certainly have one new review of er er Euro constituency boundaries because as soon as the parliamentary boundaries are completed er we will have to go into a new review on that basis of all the European seats and of course the full enquiries will be held in the normal way for them . |
| 15 | You 'll have to go into a local hostel temporarily — but that 's only so they can check on a few things . |
| 16 | ‘ The greatest thing is telling him there is no point going to his mainstream school any longer if he is not going to get around and that he 'll have to go to a special school — at which point he explodes in terror and starts to make special efforts . |
| 17 | If they can not agree it will have to go to a public inquiry . |
| 18 | I 'll have to go for a little walk . |
| 19 | The müsellim would have no power to interfere with the right of the Serbs to collect taxes and , in cases where Christian subjects were being judged in the courts , the müsellim would have to sit with a Serbian knez . |
| 20 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
| 21 | The Environment Secretary , Chris Patten has agreed to alterations to the County 's structure plan , but it 's still not clear whether the Authority will have to proceed with a controversial scheme for a gravel pit at Finmere . |
| 22 | In the case of franchises and licences the business is not transferred by the vendor and the vendor will normally have to arrange for a new licence or franchise to be granted to the purchaser by the licensor or franchisor on the surrender of the vendor 's licence or franchise . |
| 23 | Secure in your status at work , becoming a parent may cause confusion — a woman may have to adjust from a professional role to a maternal one , where her own needs become relegated ; a father may have to adjust to there being a new small person in the family who makes his role seem less significant . |
| 24 | The offeror and its financial advisers will therefore have to work to a large extent in isolation in determining the right level of consideration . |
| 25 | You do n't have to stand in a classic karate or boxing stance to kick or punch someone . |
| 26 | But , as it is , the 325i scrapes by as a comfortable four-seater with the proviso that four tall occupants will have to come to a front/rear legroom compromise that would n't even need to think about in a Peugeot 405 . |
| 27 | Where I 'm from , I should n't have to worry about a black cop beating me upside the head when he 's with his white partner , you know , and that happens a lot . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ You do n't have to worry about a single thing . ’ |
| 29 | Recent evidence suggests however , that the introduction of modern technology does not necessarily have to lead to a continuing decline in the agricultural labour force . |
| 30 | If Verve expand any further , they 'll have to apply for a live music permit in the next door dimension . |