Example sentences of "they have [to-vb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | What , I wonder , would the writers of these pieces do if they had they had to co-ordinate an aid programme for Mozambique ? |
2 | Not only did they have to feed the family and all the guests at ‘ the Big House ’ , but regular supplies were sent to the town house as well , then of course there were all the servants to feed . |
3 | Do they have to go every day ? |
4 | Do they have to produce a doctor 's note say look , I 've been off for |
5 | But when ‘ Happy Hour ’ cracked the Top Five , they had to hold a meeting to see if this was what they really wanted to do — they did , temporarily . |
6 | But first , they had to replace the Secretary , Steward and Professional who all left in July 1920 for unconnected reasons . |
7 | In addition to the squalor , residents suffered from prejudice when they had to give a Springtown address . |
8 | They had to carry a table out with them , which was set up the required ten metres from the shed wall , and the pistols were laid out , and the targets pinned up . |
9 | It was n't their fault , usually , that the firm was doing badly , but they had to carry the can . |
10 | I mean th th th th they were on the way to military security , but were they going , they , they , they recognized they had to carry the population with them . |
11 | That was better for us because it 's in the next district and meant they had to do the work and not us . ’ |
12 | They had to do the lot so they give us an invoice , we took it in to insurance and they 're gon na write a cheque , deduct it off that thing |
13 | The story goes that their car broke down on the way to Larne , and they had to hitch a ride to get to the boat on time . |
14 | To reach Madame de Rochefort 's suite , they had to traverse a series of other rooms , most of them shuttered to exclude the sun . |
15 | They had to close the window because of the insects . |
16 | Of course , when one was a child many years ago winter could be an advantage , and if the storm was bad enough they had to close the school , which was wonderful . |
17 | Police say they had to enforce the law after 1am when the clocks went forward an hour . |
18 | So fast , in fact , that they had to call a halt to it . |
19 | Took him to the station and routine happened — they had to call the bridewell surgeon and the drunk could call his own doctor , fixing bail and so on . |
20 | They had to call the Fire Brigade , who managed to chip her free with special power tools . |
21 | They had to see the house — what remained of it after Brunt had finished with it . |
22 | When parents or social workers went up to see us , obviously they had to see the staff , and the woman in charge was so nice , she had this big front — ‘ My girls , my girls ’ — it was totally a load of shit . |
23 | other things had gone up so they had to put the fares up , but I mean that 's , you can nae tell me that that 's right |
24 | A CIA man rushed out and roared at them angrily , and they had to put the fire out . |
25 | I cleared that and fixed the vice up and they said I could do that and I used the and that in their place and er then they had to quit the premises completely , did n't they ? |
26 | Some practical joker rang up : said there was a gas leak , and they had to evacuate the house . ’ |
27 | They had to improve the productivity |
28 | they , they had to improve the productivity from the land and im well not productivity , just efficiency generally , and that how that it would n't have made economic sense for them to have gone straight for socialism . |
29 | As the door banged Peggy and her grandmother threw themselves into each other 's arms , one arm only around each other for they had to suppress the laughter that was bursting to escape in loud , hilarious guffaws … . |
30 | When bad times came and wages were below the level on which they could support their families , the labourers found that they had to ask the authorities of the parish in which they lived for relief ; in other words they became paupers , who could be sent to the workhouse . |