Example sentences of "[adv] have [verb] on " in BNC.

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1 Much RE writing in the past 20 years or so has centred on the raising of ultimate questions , and there has also been an insistence on developing in pupils skills of understanding and of handling these questions .
2 In the opening récit the oboes could only have played on the three-part ritournelle , presumably two treble oboes and a bassoon , as in the numerous wind trios in Lully 's later works .
3 While this can only have arisen on the basis of particular cases , it too has now become fossilized ; it is now described in terms of relative order of fixed groups of adjectives , and there are even cases where purely formal requirements concerning serial order actually override the organization appropriate to the semantics of what is intended ( see Chapter 8 for some instances ) .
4 The Secretary of State , I 'm sure would would obviously have to take on board what was embodied in the final structure plan .
5 So having put on these er temporary protective gloves .
6 So having settled on Road , moved to Lane which was the nearest school , still in the juniors but by then our age would be nearly eleven , time to move onto a bigger school .
7 It 's bad enough having to rely on old daddy Reagan and Maggie Thatcher .
8 And they will tell you that you do n't necessarily have to fish on the priciest beats to find good sport .
9 The CNAA was constantly having to negotiate on uncertain frontiers , and interpret and define forms of higher education for which there were no clear precedents or guidelines .
10 So , we ca n't use the fact that Earth has life to conclude that life must be probable enough to have arisen on another planet .
11 For one thing , she was n't cold-blooded enough to have capitalised on those moments .
12 As it turned out , she would have done better to have stayed on her pillow , for there she might have been found by Maud or Enid who would possibly have put two and two together at the curious sight of a cat and frog nestling on the same bed .
13 In spite of this attitude by some of the die-hards , more and more money was being spent on new craft and equipment and our Technical Branch , which hitherto had concentrated on the maintenance on our fleet of small boarding launches , was being geared up to deal with the new cutter fleet .
14 UK deregulation meant that the smaller , traditional banks suddenly had to compete on a global scale , and very few had the financial power necessary .
15 It was as she was approaching the last crest before the house came into sight that she suddenly had to stamp on the brakes as a Land Rover came pitching round the hillside .
16 Although the wife 's case as presented below had depended on establishing agency , the court expressed the view that that might not have been the correct test .
17 He could see that Lee was attracted to Meryl , and this amused him , because he knew instinctively that he only had to turn on his own powerful charm and the result would be a foregone conclusion .
18 In New York they were called an hour before the show opened , and once they had done their face make-up , they only had to put on tights rather than spend a long time carefully using wet white , which gave them longer to gossip .
19 The camera was set to auto programme so the photographer only had to concentrate on focusing .
20 But look at it this way ; if we give them the exclusive we only have to go on the merry-go-round once .
21 Since then , Bonar 's African operations — hit hard by political upheavals and devaluation — have largely had to survive on local earnings , with little or no investment from their Scottish parent .
22 Even the previous day 's visitors could not have landed on the same spot as you because the ice , and the herd , move many miles each night .
23 We do not have to rely on the verse which embarrasses Yates ( ‘ the Spirit had not yet been given , because Jesus was not yet glorified , ’ John 7:39 ) for this , though that is unambiguous enough .
24 We should not have to rely on the private sector to assist in providing facilities especially as , currently in many cases it does not provide such facilities .
25 Now we did not have to sit on the edge of the bed — a much wider bed — because there were two chairs , and I had my own shower and facilities for making coffee and snacks .
26 She was delighted to see me , as it meant she would not have to go on her own , and she stood over me while , complaining bitterly , I changed into my jacket and returned with her to the revels .
27 First , as we wish to encourage carers and strengthen families — even the extended family — if a person who is caring for someone loses them to a home , the person 's home should not have to go on the market to meet the cost of fees .
28 They possessed a certain plausibility in as much as Richard could not have gone on crusade without first ensuring that his position as his father 's heir was fully and publicly recognized in the most formal manner possible , while everything about Henry 's policy in the last four years indicated that he was reluctant to make any such announcement .
29 He would not have reckoned on their single liaison having such an outcome , and he would be blaming her for failing to have taken precautions .
30 It remains a mystery to me why we should have had to wait as long as this for a recital disc , and why it should not have appeared on one of the major companies ' labels ( all credit to Delos ) .
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