Example sentences of "[pers pn] 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 | 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 . |
| 21 | What extra did you have to do for humans ? |
| 22 | Did you have to wait for ages ? |
| 23 | ‘ I offered to bring her back again but she said she had to wait for Angharad . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | There was little point in staying in San José ; she had to head for Medellín as quickly as possible . |
| 26 | You had to leave for work at 8.25 . |
| 27 | And even then er you had to ask for permission to stay out till ten . |
| 28 | So i it was n't a very easy thing then to get them and as I say you 'd be preparing a fare increase which , perhaps a ha'penny on certain fares and a penny on fares above a certain range and you had to allow for depreciation , or resistance in the public travelling but er as long as you could always bring in a little extra from a fare increase it was worthwhile going forward . |
| 29 | By then , I had n't got a wireless but she declared that it was an absolutely necessary thing for someone in my situation and brought me a red one , of the kind that worked on batteries thankfully , not the kind you had to carry for miles to be recharged ! |
| 30 | ‘ Well , thank goodness you had to stop for breath . |