Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do I have to condition new floorboards before laying them ? |
| 2 | ‘ Do I have to get drunk every night just to keep you company ? |
| 3 | ‘ You want to come quietly , or do I have to get tough ? ’ |
| 4 | I had to do private and public penance , take a solemn vow that , after I was ordained , I would accept whatever duties my superiors gave me . ’ |
| 5 | ’ I had to do extra rehearsals because I was new and she would daub my legs with methylated spirits and iodine . |
| 6 | Sent up early to the dormitory , I had to kneel naked by the side of my bed . |
| 7 | It got quite bad after a while and I had to hold hot towels underneath him to get the blood moving . |
| 8 | I could n't see half my customers — and then I had to leave early to be certain of getting back . ’ |
| 9 | I had to carry hot water for washing to every room . ’ |
| 10 | My billetors were kind , but I had to spend considerable time in their sitting-room , and I felt this was an invasion of privacy for both of us . |
| 11 | I had to talk live into the main BBC news programme from Sheffield , as a kind of 1812 Overture burst behind my head , in response to Neil Kinnock 's remarkable speech . |
| 12 | ‘ I certainly have n't invited him , but I had to give Slender Billy a score of tickets , so who knows who he might bring ? ’ |
| 13 | However , I had to promise certain things : |
| 14 | I had to use big pieces because it was too difficult to join small pieces together . |
| 15 | Many years ago I had to call weekly on a woman client who was separated from her husband and caring ( very efficiently ) for a young family . |
| 16 | I had to go direct from home to interview an important witness . |
| 17 | I had to repeat whole sections of my ‘ ritual register ’ , to stop myself from eidetiking , to stop myself from spoiling her image . |
| 18 | My contract said very clearly that I had to have complete control of the making of the film , so I asked Darryl Zanuck if he would please replace me and I would give him the necessary time to find someone else . |
| 19 | ‘ I was told I had to play well week-in , week-out in the League to further my chances of getting back into the international side and it has been good to play in a successful side at Cardiff . ’ |
| 20 | And I had to stay alive — to keep my family safe from the monster . |
| 21 | I had to tug hard and at last freed him . |
| 22 | ‘ Then I realised I had to work hard and concentrate on the job . |
| 23 | Dealing with customers also taught me that not every situation is the same and I had to think fast and wise when faced with a problem . |
| 24 | Because another way in which I had to throw good money after bad was that after he died once I started having things done in the house they kept on turning up things that he had done that were absolutely N B G |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm sorry I had to throw old Rex to the wolves back there , ’ he said , without a trace of conviction . |
| 26 | ‘ He was n't interested in numbers , he used strategic analysis as the basis for fundamental decisions , which was the biggest change I had to get used to . |
| 27 | I was coming back to teach in England after teaching in Nigeria , so I had to get used to the whole thing again . |
| 28 | ‘ I had to get well . ’ |
| 29 | However , I knew you would n't do it , so I had to get Lori to own up . |
| 30 | That 's why I had to leave , man , that 's why I had to get free . |