Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] have [to-vb] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | However , Liverpool began to pull themselves back into the game , and in the 68th minute Bobby Mimms had to push Ian Rush 's close-range header off the line . |
2 | GRAHAM Taylor had to promise Paul Ince his England debut to persuade him to get off his sick-bed and fly to Spain . |
3 | Why did his Uncle Elias have to leave America ? |
4 | The worst problem was to try to explain quarantine regulations to the black-clothed mothers who would not go away from the main gates and wailed bitterly ‘ Oh ! mio bambino ! mio bambino ! ’ till Mr Rideout had to have Dr Hill 's attendance lest he too became a patient . |
5 | Finally Princess Jeeta had to help Changez leave the shop . |
6 | In Live and Let Die Roger Moore had to undress Madeline Smith without her noticing . |
7 | Steve Cram had to face Sebastian Coe in the 1500 metres , the man who had beaten him in Los Angeles , and Daley Thompson was to meet his three main rivals in the decathlon — Hingsen , Wentz and Kratschmer — in front of their home crowd . |
8 | In north Warwickshire , Stoneleigh Abbey had to move Cryfield hamlet , and Combe Abbey destroyed two hamlets called Smite ; further examples are documented by Robin Donkin . |
9 | Almost every night there was a raid , Rev Kenneth had to join Father O'Sullivan in the local shelters where morale was very low . |
10 | Lady Spencer had to phone Lord Charles for details of the memorial service , and he asked his solicitor to send her a fax . |
11 | UNTIL John Whitaker had to scratch Henderson Milton with last-minute lameness a week ago , the 1992 Volvo World Cup final in Del Mar had been billed as the ‘ duel of the World Cup champions ’ — Milton 's rival in this ‘ shoot-out ’ being Canadian Ian Millar 's Big Ben , the first horse to win the World Cup twice , in 1988 and 1989 . |
12 | After the mortal blows administered to Wales in recent dismal times by international sides far and wide , big and small , perhaps Welshmen should sigh with relief as much as satisfaction — at any rate until the Wales pack have to confront England 's magnificent eight at Twickenham . |