Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] have [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice |
| 2 | I have to get a bus at eight o'clock so I have to leave the house at twenty to eight . |
| 3 | He realised suddenly that he had to go to the bathroom . |
| 4 | Do n't we pay you enough that you have to go into the courier business ? ’ |
| 5 | It 's enough that you have to pay for the licence , which is erm , what is it eighty pounds |
| 6 | ‘ Christ , is n't it bad enough that I have to scrape for every bloody penny to do a piece of vital research , without being forced to turn my project into a circus for a lot of gawping idiots who wo n't have the least comprehension of what I 'm trying to do ? |
| 7 | It was enough that she had to work with him . |
| 8 | Firstly , nobody , but nobody would want to levy charges until it was a last resort , but if the alternative to levying those charges were perhaps that we had to cut the staffing levels in those adult training centres , then you get a different answer to the question , and I had a meeting about four weeks ago with the heads of some of our centres who 've been asking parents and carers that question . |
| 9 | Max made us nail everything so that nobody had to put reverb on anything to cover up a mistake . |
| 10 | This was well below our own dead slow speed so that we had to keep stopping , or steam in wide circles to hold our position astern . |
| 11 | Corridors that sloped down more and more steeply , so that they had to sit and shuffle down the last few metres . |
| 12 | The steps led downwards , there were crumbling stone walls , so that they had to clutch at narrow ropes sunk into the wall at intervals . |
| 13 | He used to pop out and use a pay phone , ringing publishers at awkward times like lunch time so that they had to ring him back . |
| 14 | At night , as they huddled round their fires , the people would murmur about the evil spirit who kicked holes in their kilns so that they had to buy their bricks from Dai Huang . |
| 15 | And dear old Sambo had provided more amusement by purloining the turkey , so that they had to eat the bread-sauce and chestnut stuffing without their raison d'être ! |
| 16 | I mean , does it really bore them ( so that they do n't need it at all in their lives ) or does it secretly shock and dismay them , so that they have to pretend to be bored ? |
| 17 | The humble screen saver , which cause electric toasters to fly across the screen , or turns the tube into a virtual aquarium in order to prevent the WordStar menu getting burned into the phosphor when the machine is left on but unattended for long periods , is the latest battleground for the advertisers according to the Wall Street Journal , which reports that PC Dynamics Inc of Westlake Village , California is actually giving Everready free publicity for its Energizer Bunny because it wanted an animated character to spur interest in its program — so users are expected to pay $25 not only to advertise Everready batteries but to suffer the exasperating experience of having the damn rodent make special appearances , popping on screen in the middle of their work , so that they have to press a key to zap it . |
| 18 | It is when the physical phenomenon of soil erosion affects people so that they have to respond and adapt their mode of life that it becomes also a social phenomenon . |
| 19 | They 've not in the past shown themselves to be very honest erm nor very keen on going into their own archives , and I think it 's , actually takes people like me , who live on the border-lines if you like of the two cultures , to go in and discover erm sometimes embarrassing documents , embarrassing information , to confront them with it , in their own language , so that they have to take stock . |
| 20 | Mum knew then she had met her match and tried-to retreat indoors , but Mrs Smith left her foot in the door so that she had to listen . |
| 21 | Lee felt a wave of self-pity in response , so that she had to brace herself with pride . |
| 22 | If only he would stop staring at her and winking at her and getting in her way about the house so that she had to brush past him ! |
| 23 | Her left field of vision was impaired ( technically hemianopia ) , so that she had to turn her head and use her right eye in order to see anything even slightly to the left of her . |
| 24 | Instead he stood , so that she had to gaze up to see his face . |
| 25 | ‘ Your design is very , very good , ’ he told her smoothly , curving his free hand under her chin , so that she had to look directly into his eyes . |
| 26 | He smiled again , so that she had to look away . |
| 27 | When Miguel tipped her chin so that she had to look into his eyes , she said rather bitterly , ‘ It sounds rather like where you took Victoria in the Mercedes , Miguel . |
| 28 | He grabbed her , reaching over to where she sat at the end of the sofa , turning her roughly by the arm so that she had to face him , had to look deep into his angry , ice-blue eyes . |
| 29 | As the moist heat of the mouth working at her breast penetrated the soft material of her shirt , that pang repeated itself , over and over again , so that she had to bite back a whimper . |
| 30 | as if the kiss he had forced from her had been forgotten , he released her and swivelled , abruptly leaving her so that she had to follow like a servant at his heels . |