Example sentences of "[pron] have [to-vb] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to mourn for Sesostris so I went back to his house . ’ |
| 2 | But I had to search for Vietnam . |
| 3 | It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening . |
| 4 | I had to understudy for Prospero , one year , and still remember large chunks of the beautiful Tempest verse . |
| 5 | ‘ Sorry to be so long — I had to wait for Tom to finish a phone call . ’ |
| 6 | I had to go for consumption . |
| 7 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
| 8 | Later my father decided it would be useful and character-forming for me to know all the measurements as well as he did , so I had to sit for hours with the Measurement Book ( a huge loose-leaf thing with all the information on the little stickers carefully recorded according to room and category of object ) , or go round the house with a jotter , making my own notes . |
| 9 | The taxman had his slice , I carried out further improvements on the house and , of course , I had to provide for Suzie and the children , Chloe and Clare , for two winters , with no other work . |
| 10 | The company chief , who also has a £1 million manor house at Seend , Wilts , took the microphone to say : ‘ I had to file for bankruptcy yesterday . |
| 11 | We shall just have to pretend it 's not there , there 's not , there 's not quite as bad as when I had to speak for Amnesty on Radio Essex last year and it was live , as every word , every word I spoke was being you know being heard by a lot of people and that 's , that was very , that was very intimidating . |
| 12 | I had to make for Wallasea Ness , which marks the entrance of the River Roach to the estuary of the Crouch . |
| 13 | Predictably , I had to pay for Charlie . |
| 14 | I had to apply for access — access to my own daughter who I 'd lived with all her life . |
| 15 | ‘ We bought it in Paris and I had to stand for hours while they fitted me . |
| 16 | Every time we go I have to wait for ages in the cold hospital wearing a scratchy towelling robe the colour of sick and drinking black coffee . |
| 17 | But I have to say for Shropshire , it means one I think , er , per year , and that 's not going to make a big dent . |
| 18 | I have to go for things , grab them when they 're offered . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm afraid I have to go for Batts ! |
| 20 | They derive from both the operation of large units ( often highly mechanised and characterised by monoculture and high energy demands sometimes supplied from local sources ) ; and the small peasantry itself which has to work for part of its income on larger enterprises . |
| 21 | The largest single shipload so far discovered were the 524 Chinese passengers on the East Wood which had to call for help when it broke down near the Marshall Islands earlier this year . |
| 22 | Practically , this is ensured by the governments being composed of parties which have to compete for votes at elections , on the basis of promises about what they will do if they get back into government next time . |
| 23 | The family who has to care for children whether they 've got disabilities or not and the whole intention of this Act is that children are best cared for by parents and any alternative is second best . |
| 24 | Sylvia Pedder from Headington in Oxford uses a wheelchair and despite efforts by British Rail to update their trains , she says often she has to travel for hours on end on her own . |
| 25 | What extra did you have to do for humans ? |
| 26 | Did you have to wait for ages ? |
| 27 | ‘ I offered to bring her back again but she said she had to wait for Angharad . ’ |
| 28 | His weight had increased since their marriage , and she began to dread his nightly activity , but she accepted it without complaint as the price she had to pay for Corrie . |
| 29 | There was little point in staying in San José ; she had to head for Medellín as quickly as possible . |
| 30 | Similar decisions were reached in the cases involving hole in the heart babies who had to wait for treatment because of a shortage of trained specialist nursing staff . |