Example sentences of "[conj] have [to-vb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peter says : ‘ I would like them to think if it was their brother , if it was them that had to sit there and watch their brother die in their arms , see how they would feel . |
| 2 | Leaving Sagaing for our return journey by boat to Prome we got on to a sandbank and had to wait there until two tugs pulled us off . |
| 3 | It was as if he was playing an elaborate game , and had to wait there until it was finished ; they did the same when they played Roundheads and Cavaliers in the old quarry . |
| 4 | A member of my staff for instance , trying to report sickness absence , told me yesterday that she dialled our number and had to wait more than four minutes before being answered . |
| 5 | On one of his recent trips they had frightened him so much that he dropped his food and had to watch helplessly while they devoured every last scrap of it . |
| 6 | Prost went out of the race on lap 36 and had to watch agonizingly as Piquet finished third to overhaul him and take the title by two points . |
| 7 | One night I stopped on a bit at the dance in Cotherstone and had to walk home because I could n't get a lift from anyone . |
| 8 | In thunderous silence he raced to the traffic lights and had to brake hard as the lights changed . |
| 9 | But to have to sit here and pretend interest in an endless parade of painted mannequins wearing bored looks and the ridiculous fashions he 'd already glimpsed in the huge sketches plastered on the wall as decorations — Nicolo shifted again . |
| 10 | THE man who took office as President of Panama early yesterday morning was popularly elected last spring but had to wait more than six months before being thrust into power by the United States . |
| 11 | Must not drink any more as have to drive home and collect children en route . |