Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] have [prep] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And anyway , why do I always have to be the German ? ’
2 Paddy retired virtually unhurt after a characteristic bit of Para boldness under fire : ‘ Who would you rather have as Foreign Secretary : David Steel or Gerald Kaufman ? ’ he demanded , inviting a show of hands .
3 unc Would you rather have of this fruit pie or 0.25 of it ?
4 Which would you rather have in your garden — sticky clay or thin , hungry sand ?
5 Did you not have to be off the ground a wee bit or something .
6 What do you normally have with that then ?
7 But can she allow herself to get in touch with that needy infant inside her adult self , or does she always have to be the carer , the non-greedy adult , leaving Bob Halton to express all the emotional greed for them both ?
8 ‘ What reason could you possibly have for wanting to involve the police ? ’
9 ‘ What business could you possibly have in our vaults ? ’ he asked softly .
10 ‘ Would you always have to be close to the thing you were pushing ? ’
11 Do you ever have to er
12 In other words , not only do we not have in front of us an exact cost for the works that are being voted through in this Bill — we have to go on the basis of an outdated figure of £1.4 billion , which is in itself an enormous amount — but the Government are saying that they do not have the foggiest idea whether the amount involved will accord with their investment criteria .
13 What could we possibly have in common except our situation ?
14 ‘ Do we always have to ? ’ she asked him .
15 Do we really have to be sure that God exists in order to believe in God ?
16 Erm what do they normally have at the big hydroelectric works ?
17 Does it necessarily have to be the sharing of bread and wine ?
18 What reason could he possibly have for staying ? ’
19 Why does it always have to be me ? ’
20 Why did it always have to be the trumpet-player ?
21 BUT WILL he actually have to anything to do — given that the island 's security is not under threat ?
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