Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You have to have confidence in your own ability and being black is a good thing as far as I 'm concerned 'cause I 've had to sample bits and pieces of how life can be nasty and it 's done me good . |
| 2 | Even where communities have got together to build a school themselves , under an agreement with the government , they have sometimes had to wait years before the government sends teachers to staff it . |
| 3 | ABBA MAY HAVE HAD TO WAIT YEARS , but the Right Said Fred tribute industry is starting up early . |
| 4 | A bus firm 's had to cancel services because its drivers are too ill to work … and Swindon Town have called off a reserve match because they 're down to just 6 fit players . |
| 5 | It 's a blow to University students who 've had to cancel performances they 've worked hard to produce . |
| 6 | This is the first time a unit trust company has had to suspend funds under the Financial Services Act 's pricing regulations , which oblige it to cease trading once an error is suspected . |
| 7 | Since the beginning of February , all Britain 's car drivers and front seat passengers , with some minor exceptions , have had to wear seat-belts . |
| 8 | He explained that the district hospital has developed a strong sense of community service , partly because it has always had to find ways of reaching a scattered population . |
| 9 | As a result , animals and plants have had to find ways of both coping with and predicting these seasonal changes . |
| 10 | It has had to rewrite aspects of law and order in order to gain support for its economic policies . |
| 11 | Nobody thought trade could be carried on in India without a network of factories and fortifications , which meant that there would have to be a company with a charter to run them — the idea that the government might provide them would have struck the merchants as inappropriate and would have alarmed the politicians who would have had to impose taxes to pay for them . |
| 12 | but that also includes double glazing all people who have had to view things |
| 13 | We ve had to sell players to fund it . |
| 14 | Yeah , we 've had to sell things now and again . |
| 15 | He has also had to counter allegations that he is dragging television down-market then listen to television pundits witter on about skirt lengths , sexual chemistry and the F-factor , under the guise of highbrow criticism . |
| 16 | His furniture , perhaps his carriages , would have been seized ; he would have had to hire others . |
| 17 | ‘ He has had to play kids because the cupboard is bare . |
| 18 | Sun , which has refused to license Windows 3.1 from Microsoft has literally had to re-invent Windows from scratch . |
| 19 | Sun , which has refused to license Windows 3.1 from Microsoft , has literally had to re-invent Windows from scratch . |
| 20 | In both litigation and arbitration the parties would have had to use accountants as expert witnesses , with the judge or arbitrator deciding between them , on the basis of the expert witnesses ' reports and their ability to withstand cross-examination . |
| 21 | Er the problem with the job is it 's very tight inside there so we 've had to use cranes and basically poured concrete er ours is being done by a separate sub-contractor . |
| 22 | Social services departments have been very badly hit as the growing problems of poverty and unemployment add to the pressure of their work , and yet they have had to abandon services and cut back on staffing . |
| 23 | Council workmen have had to tidy footpaths and repair roads and curbs , partly in response to the number of heavy lorries passing through . |
| 24 | I understand that feeling because we have had to do things that are counter intuitive and very difficult but unless we had driven inflation out of the system we would not have provided a proper platform for secure long term growth . |
| 25 | Yes you 've had to do intervals in oral tests |
| 26 | In Russia , people have had to build mikvas secretly , some of them have built a hidden one t-n their home , and have had to live constantly with the fear of being discovered by the KGB who would imprison them because of it . |
| 27 | Skipper Rupert Moon said : ‘ There are firemen , policemen and doctors in our side and they have had to switch shifts or take holiday leave so that we could get together early . |
| 28 | I 've had to park miles away . |
| 29 | Why was it I always had to share things like this with her ? |
| 30 | His sister had been restless and Dunbar had had to fight queues of people at the bar to buy drinks in the interval . |