Example sentences of "having [to-vb] for a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Does the Minister agree with the view therefore , that nurses that nurses should be given the authority to admit patients to hospital provided there is a bed without having to wait for a decision to be to be made by a doctor ?
2 POOR Elizabeth Harris moans about being married to two millionaire stars , the late Rex Harrison and Richard Harris , and then to having to work for a living !
3 My eyes jaded by having to work for a living , are , after their rest , getting again into focus and my brain , having taken a long sabbatical , has shifted itself , with extreme bad grace , into gear .
4 He had been dreading having to look for a place for lunch .
5 The board is also having to readvertise for a replacement to Dr Forwell after Mr Fyfe insisted that he must have a say in the appointment .
6 There is nothing shaming in not owning the place where you live and there is something positively encouraging about having to save for a deposit before you plunge into the housing market .
7 Vinny grinned : ‘ The boss subjected our earholes to a bit of GBH and we came back so strongly we were a bit sick at having to settle for a point after going 3-2 up . ’
8 A parish may have no Reader and its clergy may be overstretched because of having to care for a number of churches .
9 Will the Minister therefore announce a concession : that all old age pensioners should be given the right to watch television without having to pay for a television licence ?
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