Example sentences of "they have [to-vb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The first intake of women was in 1915 ; they had to wear their own skirts but were provided with a ¾-length coat and a round hat . |
| 2 | To a series of 20 propositions , covering such headings as finance and capacity , assessment and care management , participation and monitoring and control , they had to rate their own organisation on a scale of one to five . |
| 3 | She takes a sip of mineral water before launching into James Woods and his girlfriend , Sarah Owen : ‘ I 've a theory that James and his girlfriend had so many problems they had to turn it all on me . ’ |
| 4 | Hm , I think we said last time that they had to tell you this month with the money . |
| 5 | Well they had to get their own machines out an there 's one old boy had a stitcher , a be he looked ninety , he probably was n't , and er he was chu , it was just after lunch and he was chewing apple and old Jo , I was working with so you know , Jim someone 's I said look at the silly old B , I said ! |
| 6 | And so they had to harness my own power — mine ! |
| 7 | ‘ It allowed Tatham to develop reserves that probably would not have been economic if they had to build their own stand-alone facility . |
| 8 | ‘ Even so they had to send her half round the world . |
| 9 | One third of them also admitted they would drive more carefully if they had to buy their own cars and pay all the running and repair costs . |
| 10 | If they are holding it on their mainframe , they have to devise their own implementation of SASPAC91 . |
| 11 | And then they have to carry them all the way back up the hill ! |
| 12 | They have to carry their own diesel to avoid lengthy queues at the fuel stations . |
| 13 | Dad , they both should get more now , because they have to buy their own comics and that . |
| 14 | They have to buy their own lunch in the university refectory , but that 's an experience in itself , so anybody who wants to come and play student for the day , it 's great fun . |
| 15 | They have to buy their own lunch in the University Refectory , but that 's an experience in itself , so anybody who wants to come and play student for the day , it 's , it 's great fun . |
| 16 | Sleight apologised for this state of affairs at the Congress in Dublin in 1895 : " It must be remembered that it is exceedingly difficult for the executive committee to meet together often , for every time they do so they have to bear their own travelling expenses , and sometimes hotel expenses ; and to whatever centre they are summoned , it only means that some members of the committee have to travel a considerable distance . |
| 17 | ‘ They have to learn it all the hard way , ’ sighs a businessman . |