Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But there is a third need that ties it to water : its eggs , like those of a fish , do not have waterproof shells , so it has to go back there to breed . |
| 2 | " They have a first class officer who has leant over backwards to establish a low profile in dealing with immigrants . " |
| 3 | An emergency medical crew has flown out tonight to rescue some of Sarajevo 's injured children . |
| 4 | So much so , that in the conventional use of the term , ‘ being critical ’ has come almost exclusively to mean that the object or action in question has fallen short of the standards in question . |
| 5 | Dangle assorted objects from string near him , so he just has to reach forward slightly to hit them . |
| 6 | With limited resources , manager Jim Jefferies has done remarkably well to keep Falkirk in the big league . |
| 7 | The Kiwi coach has done very well to help the game reach communist China ( see July issue of RW&P , pages 56 and 57 ) where there are hopes that rugby might be introduced to the Chinese armed forces . |
| 8 | In order to get a response in subject searching , the user has had not only to specify his needs but also to specify them in a way that " matches " the system . |
| 9 | The RSPCA hopes it has acted quickly enough to prevent the abuse of this new type of farm animal . |
| 10 | ‘ I have to tell you that Craig will not be bothering you any longer , he has found somewhere else to stay . ’ |
| 11 | Recognising these benefits for its infrastructure , Singapore has set out actively to woo foreign service firms . |
| 12 | In Jordan , where the authorities hope the experiment in democracy will become a model for other Arab states , King Hussein has opted so far to draw the fundamentalists into the government . |
| 13 | In the meantime , however , Vicini has to consider how best to protect his players from Diego Maradona . |
| 14 | In the meantime , however , Vicini has to consider how best to protect his players from Diego Maradona . |
| 15 | For her latest exhibition , Oulton has gone even further to distance herself from Old Master traditions and concepts of Englishness . |
| 16 | The nature of these changes , then , can be seen as some confirmation that the trends identified by Dearlove were genuine enough , but that working them through has taken much longer to achieve and involved much more upheaval than his initial analysis would have suggested . |
| 17 | Irony in Estella 's true background after Pip has tried so hard to distance himself from the lower classes and she turns out to have come from them . |
| 18 | The lord has to learn how best to pace himself spiritually to allow this desire to integrate all his potential . |
| 19 | Yet this is also the government which has fought most ruthlessly to bring EuroDisneyland to Marne la Vallee in the early 1990s . |
| 20 | None of Mao 's or Mr Deng 's heirs has survived long enough to assume fully their designated role as successor . |
| 21 | The light has strengthened enough now to gather binoculars and telescope and start up the car for a look round my ‘ patch ’ . |
| 22 | When the history of that unhappy place is considered it may well be asked , ‘ What kind of a ‘ god ’ is it that has failed so abysmally to make good the promise ? ’ . |
| 23 | Yet , despite numerous rows with the contractors , he has failed so far to tinker with the construction contract to any meaningful degree . |
| 24 | Budding classicists amongst you will quickly realise that Intel has managed rather clumsily to match a Greek prefix to a Latin suffix . |
| 25 | He said he 'd flown over urgently to see me and asked me to come to the Cheshire Cheese , that pub in Fleet Street , at ten o'clock that night . |
| 26 | Deep down she knew that she should apologise for what she had said , but she 'd had enough today to last her a lifetime ! |
| 27 | Heady stuff , and to reject it outright with a condescending intellectual leer would have felt like a return trip down the chute into futility ; but now , with the radio offering a bleaker view of things , I was less certain why I 'd agreed so eagerly to meet him in the library of the Hall this morning . |
| 28 | You see we divide our time between London and Cornwall and I 'd stayed up late to watch the film with only one light burning . |
| 29 | Well , she 'd simply have to find the strength within herself to resist that power , she decided grimly , rising to her feet and reaching for the long black dress she 'd laid out earlier to change into . |
| 30 | I wish he 'd lived long enough to meet you . ’ |