Example sentences of "having [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate having to sit down in the toilet all the time . |
| 2 | Got a wardrobe like ours and then oh no it is n't it 's a combination one it 's having to go up through the window let's hope they do n't drop it ! |
| 3 | ‘ I decided I was fed up with having to go out on the road all the time in order to pay a mortgage on a house I never spent any time in ! ’ he told me . |
| 4 | I do n't think so no , but you know I mean , for six months if Christopher 's living here and having to go back at the weekend , for six months he gets an allowance |
| 5 | One good way of judging a well-planned interview schedule of the formal type is to ask ‘ Could this schedule be handed over to someone else for analysis without them having to go back to the interviewer to ask what certain answers mean ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Unless there is something really untoward I do n't see Ian having to pull out of the squad . ’ |
| 7 | I remember my father used to say that even those experiences that take us out of ourselves — the ‘ mountain-top ’ experiences — can never keep us from having to come down to the valley of ordinary existence . |
| 8 | Because often I would be alone with her up there : not like other children , having to come down to the drawing-room at five o'clock , brought by nurse , on their best behaviour . |
| 9 | I recall having to stand out in the cold at Cotherstone Chapel when one gentleman belonging to a family which had been in the dale for several generations was laid to rest . |
| 10 | ‘ If we could be sure he 's having to hide out in the open , it might even be a good idea . ’ |
| 11 | He was particularly anxious to return to the States before Mark left the company , as he simply could n't face the prospect of having to spell out to the Englishman the compensation terms and pension proposals which New York had worked out . |
| 12 | ‘ I have nearly been killed through having to walk on to the road to see whether it is clear , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Since when he 'd left her alone again , and Dolly was having to put up with the April breeze . |
| 14 | Most owners , however , will keep the engine speed between 2000rpm and 4500rpm where there is sufficient torque to outperform any remaining GTi without having to put up with the din from a high-revving multi-valve power GTi unit . |
| 15 | Ken talked a lot about suicide , but in Orton 's company it had to have sexual connotations , as though he were constantly — and whatever the subject of his conversations — having to keep up with the Joneses , in this case Orton and his assorted friends if not specifically Orton and Halliwell . |
| 16 | It helps if it is small , and it is also a great advantage if it can easily reach the next tree without having to climb down to the ground and then climb up again . |
| 17 | She resented having to run out to the telephone , in the middle of this useful busyness , wasting time over something that was just a routine . |
| 18 | Everyone should follow Marshall 's example here because the amount of effect level needed can change from gig to gig and the mix pot makes this adjustment instantly , without your having to mess about with the processor 's levels . |
| 19 | She very much doubted Madeleine would be prepared to give up the good time she was having to settle down in the country on Harry 's salary . |
| 20 | Great ; he could get the little bastard without having to get up from the floor . |
| 21 | His first revolt against the culture of women 's subordination was " against my mother having to get up in the morning , like they all did , to cut the bread for the lads . |
| 22 | It 's the children crying to be fed , and having to get up in the morning and pawn whatever you 've got left to buy four rolls for breakfast or a kilo of sugar . |
| 23 | She was having to face up to the confusion in her : that she was married to a man she loved but there was this ‘ Boy-in-the-box ’ . ’ |
| 24 | But there it was , The Cottage , its porch right over the pavement to the gutter , red reflectors for night traffic on its corners , pedestrians having to detour on to the road before regaining the pavement again . |
| 25 | The short-term lets often suit people such as students when the off-season coincides with their term , but for families the disruption of having to move out for the summer is frustrating . |
| 26 | No more trying to remember what 's needed or forgetting some vital ingredient and having to trudge back to the shops . |