Example sentences of "having [to-vb] in the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today the president , Mrs Macpherson , in between gracefully shaking hands with each new arrival and presenting her to Mrs MacDonald , decided that she was nothing but a vulgar upstart , and she trembled with suppressed irritation at having to stand in the same receiving line with her . |
| 2 | I would like you to watch me interview him ’ — immediately lets the class off the hook of having to participate in the normal way . |
| 3 | Less than an hour later they were back in number twenty-six , and she was so tired that she was past worrying about having to sleep in the same room but , confronted by the reality of the limited space , two small beds and a very large , powerful man , her nervous fears came back like a river in full spate . |
| 4 | These industries are now having to compete in the private sector and are much healthier for it . |
| 5 | These industries are now having to compete in the private sector and are much healthier for it . |
| 6 | Fief-rentes provided kings with a pool of mercenaries on whom they could call without having to compete in the open market with other war-lords . |
| 7 | In an official statement put out yesterday , Sangster said cryptically : ‘ It is a sad decision , but it no longer makes any sense keeping the place and having to stay in the local pub when we visit . ’ |
| 8 | Willy De Roose may have struck a lucky year enabling him to make the voyage from the Atlantic to the Pacific without having to winter in the Arctic but he did do an enormous amount of preparation and historical reading beforehand for his planning of the voyage so that he was able to snatch opportunities whenever they came . |