Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] have [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | In some cases I had to accept that information given to me to help me understand problems of academic publishing was to remain confidential , but once credibility had been established the publishers were very helpful . |
| 3 | And of course I had to get another lens , a piece of glass about the same size , in order to grind it , because you grind the glass with another piece of glass with a grit in between . |
| 4 | It has always been my ‘ extremism ’ or my ‘ unpreparedness to compromise ’ , even though of course I have to compromise all the time . |
| 5 | But before proceeding to optimism I have to introduce some harsh truths . |
| 6 | Mr Bailes ' little place was situated about half way along Highburn village and to get into the farmyard you had to walk twenty yards or so between five-foot walls . |
| 7 | It was his fault she had to go all the way back to the house . |
| 8 | The card you get from the man says that if you get into arrears you have to pay extra interest , but it does n't say how much . |
| 9 | Their punishment was that they were to walk bare foot behind the procession on the following Sunday , but instead of one taper they had to carry four tapers ( value 2d ) and there they should offer two at the High Altar , and two at the Altar of St. John . |
| 10 | Pinochet , who was still C.-in-C. of the army , was told by President Patricio Alywin Azócar on April 15 that in future he had to give prior notice to the government of any trips abroad . |
| 11 | A murmur which seemed to contain both relief and triumph went around the table , but this time M. Dupont raised his voice slightly and pronounced over it : ‘ I am happy to assure you all here that I will bring what modest influence I have to encourage certain changes of emphasis in French policy in accordance with much of what has been said here . |
| 12 | I had one repaired for Susannah , it had been left to her by an aunt and she had managed to smash it against a post or something and broke the shank and knocked out one of the erm , stones , so on and so forth , and eh , together with some repairs on a charm bracelet I had to pay thirty seven pounds for the whole jolly lot . |
| 13 | But police said children had ignored them and even as rescue workers left the scene they had to warn two more boys who were about to go out on to the ice . |
| 14 | One morning he woke up to discover the entire ‘ ARCHITECTURE ’ section stacked so high around his desk he had to wait half the day before pupils managed to free him . |
| 15 | So of course I hope that Iran will use what influence it has to get those hostages released . ’ |
| 16 | It 's a pity it had to happen that way . |
| 17 | But knowing how to make a fire might just save your life one day , so you 'd better watch me carefully in case you have to do this yourself . ’ |
| 18 | Most vegetables you have to blanch first . |
| 19 | It got phased out so that the Ministry did n't pay anything at all but to get this grant you had to keep tremendous records copies of invoices and you had to get er and the bus grant and the , the permission from them . |
| 20 | C D T you have to do four sheets which you take into the exam . |
| 21 | And of course you had to have great dustsheets to keep the dust . |
| 22 | And Madam , I 'd also ask you to say that to him to pay compensation for the minor injuries she 's suf she 's suffered and of course you have to consider that 's a point in a case involving assault , would be to add insult to injury , and would not assist the parties in coming to terms with their relationship and hopefully attempting a reconciliation . |
| 23 | Going through the door to the back kitchen you had to take three steps down and immediately to the left was the matchboard door to the garden . |
| 24 | But to really appreciate a Woodstock kitchen you have to look deeper than the cabinet door . |
| 25 | [ There was discrimination ] not directly , but in subtle ways , like when you 're choosing your options , no matter what you 're doing there 's always a group where you can do cookery or needlework , but if you 're doing physics you have to put that down , and that means that you ca n't do something else that you might want to do , like history or something ; you 've got to make a positive choice to do science whereas it 's quite easy to drift into doing history and things like that . |
| 26 | Every time you learn one verb you have to learn another verb as well , which means the same thing , only in a different time-frame . |
| 27 | Work out how much money you have to spare each month . |
| 28 | She loved me all right and I was her only son , but oh , what a struggle she had to show ii . |
| 29 | As a result , when I did Friends or War I had to make sure there was a distance between them , because they are about completely different subjects . |
| 30 | On the last day Seve birdied the first hole and Hale took a six on the second , I can remember the scoring because in those days I had to mark all the cards , and I remember putting Irwin down for a six — and then the card blew in to the bunker on the second and I had to go chasing after it . |