Example sentences of "but [pers pn] have [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My billetors were kind , but I had to spend considerable time in their sitting-room , and I felt this was an invasion of privacy for both of us . |
| 2 | I 'd been working in a factory , but I had to give that up because I could n't afford a nursery . |
| 3 | ‘ I certainly have n't invited him , but I had to give Slender Billy a score of tickets , so who knows who he might bring ? ’ |
| 4 | They were a tremendous help during that period when my athletics earning power was almost nil but I had to devote all my time to athletics to achieve success . |
| 5 | but I had to lie any way cos otherwise she would be more annoyed , I was going , I , say I go , I |
| 6 | No well that 's what he said , it does n't but I mean he went through all these and insurance companies and because of my kidney being removed I had to pay , I had to pay higher even though I did n't have to have a bloody medical but I had to pay high because of my |
| 7 | ‘ But I had to have some excuse , you see . |
| 8 | Well I said that 's a complicated way but I have to do that when I go over to Marks and Spencers you see . |
| 9 | Once , as he sat cross-legged on his mattress reading , deep in thought , I grabbed both his ankles , and yanked his legs , saying , ‘ Excuse me , but I have to take this wheelbarrow out to the garden . ’ |
| 10 | " But I have to take calculated risks sometimes . |
| 11 | Actually I have been something of a clothesaholic recently , do n't tell Derek , but I have to put that fitted wardrobe under lock and key when he 's back and hope he does n't keek in through the louvres because I would n't want him to think I was extravagant . |
| 12 | But I have to confess that what I save on the weedless swings , I lose on the rampant roundabouts . |
| 13 | I like to think there are n't many tricks I miss , but I have to credit Sorrel in that she did write it down on a scrap of newspaper without saying ‘ in case of what ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ But I have to get these done . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I ca n't buy players but I have to make sure we keep the ones we have . |
| 16 | Well I do , I do let her get on with it , but I have to make sure that she does n't |
| 17 | But I have to make one comment you might not care to hear : A woman does have a choice . |
| 18 | The layout was already there but I have to admit that , given the choice , I would n't necessarily have designed the garden that way . |
| 19 | But I have to admit that with the exception of the quick GTi and certainly the new 2.8-litre VR6 , the latest Golf is not the kind of car to set the pulses racing . |
| 20 | But you had to take all that worry that |
| 21 | Looking at all package deals today Tenerife , erm eighteen nights , hundred and five or summat but you had to go sixth February . |
| 22 | Then that would sort of feed itself , but you had to have one man feeding the the scrapping machine and another man with a shovel , pulling away the the the the the the scrapped at the side and then you had to have another man feeding the long hay into the chaff cutter . |
| 23 | On another occasion , Nigel had said that he rejected Enoch Powell 's provocative remarks on race , but you had to admit that what he predicted had come true . |
| 24 | But you have to put that and put your erm |
| 25 | Laura was n't of course , but you have to say that , do n't you ? |
| 26 | But you have to take one of two alternatives neither of which is pleasant . |
| 27 | I , I 've not been near one , I would n't know but you have to stand next to them to get an effect , to kn know how big they are . |
| 28 | But you have to prove this — NOT the employer . |
| 29 | But you have to balance that with the way a major wo n't allow you the same freedom of artistic licence and influence over your promotion and development that an independent company can offer . |
| 30 | We need a signature one signature on unless of course the company says that two people have got to sign it but you have to find that out . |