Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] have [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On top of that many of them necessarily have to divide their time to allow for the other tasks for which they are also responsible . |
| 2 | Enough of the worms find themselves on the tight-fitting lid so that when I open the bucket I merely have to lower the lid into my aquarium to feed the fish . |
| 3 | What I know about palaeotology is n't too much I mean I obviously have to try and know a bit , but it 's not my field — erm in order to test the minor claim , you have to be able to get your hands on some rock which actually consists of continuous sedimentation over long periods of time . |
| 4 | On the other hand , if I encounter a text which deals with an unfamiliar content area and does so in accordance. with communicative or rhetorical conventions which are new to me , then I obviously have to look much more closely at the language itself as a source of information as to what might be meant . |
| 5 | Well I only have to sell |
| 6 | I only have to go a few quid over and I get snooty letters threatening to take it off me . |
| 7 | I only have to wear the damned thing ! ’ |
| 8 | I only have to take a moment to get my eyes strong and then I can push it out , this strongness , at anything at all so long as I am staring at it hard enough … |
| 9 | I only have to see a bottle of Orvieto and those desperate dawns rise up before me . |
| 10 | ‘ I 've never bothered to check the mpg , but I only have to fill it once every two weeks . ’ |
| 11 | and er I only have to mention the time though , oh dear |
| 12 | I do shut them up at night because of the stoats and the foxes , but they put themselves to bed , I only have to shut the door . |
| 13 | Well I phoned them up and you know they I only have to say it 's Mrs and they say oh ! |
| 14 | One minute I 'm skyscraper-high : which of the exciting variety of Robinas will I offer the station buffet as their dazzling new waitress ? — name your part , Bina 'll shine at it , I only have to waltz in and offer my services and they 'll fling open their arms in welcome . |
| 15 | ‘ After all , I only have to make the right moves at the right time . ’ |
| 16 | This way , I only have to wash my feet . ’ |
| 17 | You probably figured out by now that I 'm part of the team that made the game and to prove it is n't bugged I only have to quote some of Ian Osborne 's words : |
| 18 | Now , I only have to get a Fender ‘ Eric Clapton ’ signature , a Marshall 30th Anniversary Limited Edition amp and a Bob Bradshaw rack ! |
| 19 | What mu a a th agent says I only have to pay it off a day |
| 20 | Even though I only have to walk around the dancers , he 's taking no chances . |
| 21 | But I I that way I only have to hear it once . |
| 22 | I only have to look back over my own words to see the ups and downs of my own struggle . |
| 23 | Have you ever said , ‘ I think I was meant to be big ’ or ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2 lbs ( 0.9kg ) ’ or ‘ I ca n't diet ’ ? |
| 24 | ‘ I was a big baby — I 'm obviously meant to be this size ’ , ‘ all my family are big ’ , ‘ I 've tried every diet , they just do n't seem to work for me ’ , ‘ I only have to look at a cream cake and I gain 2lbs ( 0.9kg ) ! ’ |
| 25 | Anyway , I only have to look around the Dreamflight group to see lots of children who are worse off than me , ’ she said . |
| 26 | Some people are very wary of machines : " I only have to look at it and it breaks down . " |
| 27 | ‘ I know that , ’ Candy returned ruefully , ‘ and it 's always been the bane of my life that you can eat your way through a tuckshop without gaining a pound while I only have to look at a picture of a cream cake to make the scales groan . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I only have to look at you to want you … do n't you have any idea what you do to me ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I only have to look at my Northern Ireland room-mate Mal Donaghy for the perfect example . |
| 30 | I only have to switch on the news to hear things a whole lot crazier than that . ’ |