Example sentences of "have to perform [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The underthread for the lockstitch is provided by the bobbin , and the needle thread has to perform a loop to go around the bobbin which is held in a bobbin case under a slide plate . |
| 2 | The machine does not need to know anything : it has to perform a task . |
| 3 | The Substitute had refused the chair offered to him , choosing instead to wander about the room , taking brief puffs on his cigar and regarding everything and everyone with an amused detachment that gave the impression of his being mildly surprised but pleased at having to perform the office of Public Prosecutor . |
| 4 | They had to perform a tracheotomy throat operation to aid his breathing . |
| 5 | Hogg explained : ‘ We had to perform a balancing act . |