Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In T. H. White 's book , ten-year-old Maria has to learn similar lessons when she discovers a group of Lilliputians . |
| 2 | Going to the bathroom these days is quite a heavy trip : the can becomes a kind of geyser , and Tod has to look lively with that bucket of his . |
| 3 | This speech is magnificently done as Antony has to obey certain rules which he does , but still convinces them that the conspiracy was wrong . |
| 4 | But because Linda has to stop half way through so that other stages can be filmed , the swiss roll dries out and cracks and she has to start all over again . |
| 5 | Becky has to make several more trips to the Radcliffe Infirmary before she 's finished . |
| 6 | So Freud has to explain this weakness of Wilson , in the face of erm , these much more dominant aggressive men he was up against in these very hard er hitting negotiations , about what to do about the world after , after World War One . |
| 7 | The President of the United States has to press one button , the man on the spot another : the radio frequencies are so wildly different that the chances of anyone happening on the right combination are billions to one . ’ |
| 8 | Hick had to wait 48 hours to chalk up the final six runs to complete the milestone after reaching 82 not out on Thursday . |
| 9 | The arrogant princess refused to talk in English and Corbett had to use all his skill in French to conduct a conversation whilst ensuring he did not give offence . |
| 10 | Only one warship and some fireships had been lost but during Tuesday 1 July Torrington had to burn five more ships of the line , mounting from 72 to 50 guns , to prevent their falling into enemy hands , leaving Louis XIV master of the Channel . |
| 11 | At its height the ‘ feudal ’ system meant that Sussex could muster over 300 fully equipped mounted men , 84½ of whom were the responsibility of the Earls of Arundel and another 60 of the de Warennes ; the bishop of Chichester had to find four . |
| 12 | In the 1980s many Latin American NICs had to reschedule external debts and implement austerity budgets ( cuts in public services ) to improve their economic situations . |
| 13 | The Audi slammed into the side of the Volvo and Donna had to use all her strength to keep control of the car . |
| 14 | Luch and Ruari had to supply ten pounds of wax , to polish the bulwarks . |
| 15 | Plucky Steven had to have another operation . |
| 16 | His success was short-lived and within a few years Ivan had to accept Turkish suzerainty . |
| 17 | So this is a major complication and I think this shows why Freud had to introduce this second model of the mind , because in his first model of the mind it was very simple and repression was the force that distinguished conscious from unconscious . |
| 18 | Erm I had to go to Mr Walker 's to get this thing . |
| 19 | Mr Salmond has to appear pure in heart to his diehard fundamentalists by never again having truck with four letter words like devolution . |
| 20 | The WRU has to arrange such matches — the more the better so that the selectors can see up-and-coming players in the proper environment . |
| 21 | I mean , Nestle had to abandon that . |
| 22 | The market-boast died first , as one by one , IBM 's hottest new products fell by the wayside , starting as early as Series/1 and the 8100 , continuing through System 38 , which was excellent , but scared IBM 's mainframe mafia too much , to the RT , such a disaster that when it came to the RS/6000 , IBM had to play new kid on the block and study and try to emulate the leaders in the Unix market to get the thing off the ground at all . |
| 23 | That was in 1977 and Hope had to wait two years before making his second attempt . |
| 24 | There were only three other black kids at Repton at the time and Hope had to withstand some daunting reactions to his presence at the club in the East End of London . |
| 25 | Tottenham had to thank another youngster for keeping them in a position to fight back . |
| 26 | ‘ No , ’ said Dierdriu , but now she spoke so softly that Fergus had to move closer to hear her . |
| 27 | One of the buildings totally flattened was the new home of the deaf in the town , so for the second time within the space of one year , the deaf in Exeter had to find new club premises . |
| 28 | erm Right on the last few minutes with five minutes to go erm the erm Steven was again through and Leach had to go full length to save . |
| 29 | Lloyd spoilt it , of course , with an unbeaten 60 that helped his team to 190 all out , but having dismissed them for their lowest total in years England had to feel confident . |
| 30 | It 's where the Turks are strong and England have to take that away from them . |