Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [to-vb] for a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire ! |
| 2 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 3 | I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography . |
| 4 | To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing . |
| 5 | The immense build-up made it impossible to find a decent anchor and , having stamped out a rather unstable stance , I had to settle for a couple of drive-ins in a clod of frozen turf . |
| 6 | ‘ I had to stop for a quick drink on the way home with John Dyson , ’ he said . |
| 7 | I had to listen for a good hour while he burbled on about variably apertured annuity options and the like . |
| 8 | I had to go for a piss . |
| 9 | I had to go for a piss , so I did n't watch him for very long . |
| 10 | ‘ I had to fight for a place on a packed plane and , after much pleading , they finally knocked someone off their list . |
| 11 | I have to wait for a white actor to turn down a role because the stuff that they 're supposedly writing ‘ black ’ ai n't happenin' . |
| 12 | I thank you Chair , I mean , clearly I have to ask for a little bit of license on this one , in that I have to comment on things outside of my own district , erm but you will not be surprised to hear , given my evidence earlier that the City Council 's view is quite clearly that there is sufficient land with , on the edge of York , the main urban area , which could accommodate this type of level of development and obviate the need for a new settlement in the structure plan period , I accept , however , of course that that is dependant upon the definition of the inner boundary of the greenbelt , if the City Council 's view on that is er acceptable then Inspector , I believe there will be sufficient sites to obviate the the need for a new settlement , clearly if the Inspector takes a tighter view on the greenbelt , then there will be little land opportunity within the main urban area for this . |
| 13 | I 'll prepare a ship at Bristol , take you and Hawkins with me , and have that treasure if I have to search for a year ! ’ |
| 14 | I have to search for a two-way adaptor and a tape to try it out . |
| 15 | At the hedge marking the foot of the field I have to look for a minute to find a way through . |
| 16 | What happens if Well , oh sa , pwurgh , I do n't know , I mean she has to wait for a week . |
| 17 | You may want to instruct him to say each pair twice all the way through , without you having to ask for a repeat each time . |
| 18 | I also think that erm it 's up to erm us — I mean if you think of us as a whole travel industry — to really take a look at what we are providing and compare it with what is provided in other countries ; the standards of service , how long do you have to wait for a meal when you 're sitting down to eat in a restaurant , what are people used to in France and Germany and the USA ? |
| 19 | What do you have to pay for a pair of men 's shoes , for example ? |
| 20 | Clare was fired for turning up late after she had to wait for a doctor because Josh had a temperature . |
| 21 | But she had to battle for a York neck victory from Satank and trainer Jack Berry said : ‘ She ran well , but looked to be going over the top . |
| 22 | She suspected that she was pregnant when she began seeing Alan , but this was only confirmed when she had to go for a check-up because Alan had a urinal infection . |
| 23 | ‘ Elaine said she had to go for a blood test . |
| 24 | Stockings were never long enough and the tension between suspender and stocking-top would result in spring-loaded legs ; if you had to run for a bus , the legs would keep going for three stops . |
| 25 | You had to look for a pairing between murderer and victim . |
| 26 | You have to wait for a tr well first of all you have to we 'll the miss yeah , at twelve twenty-eight or whatever |
| 27 | ‘ I remember just before Steve Jones had his big breakthrough in Chicago 1984 , Alan said half-jokingly that all you have to do for a marathon is overtrain at 10,000m . |
| 28 | You have to allow for an animal 's feeling , for individuality . |
| 29 | You can buy just about everything you ever need in Funchal , but you may have to search to find it — many shops may just recently have run out of the very product you want , so that you have to search for a shop which still has old stock until more is imported . |
| 30 | Limitations are imposed by the fact that you have to wait two months for the educational psychologist , you have to close the biology lab when it rains because it leaks and they have n't sent anyone to repair it yet , you have to apply for a short in-service course rather than the full-time MA that you really wanted to do because there are n't any secondments any more . |