Example sentences of "we have [verb] [to-vb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once we 'd decided to have a baby we had had to find a Father . |
| 2 | We 'd decided to have a ploughman 's lunch or some such at a likely-looking pub we 'd seen in the next village . |
| 3 | We 'd hoped to have a beer afterwards , but Leo had disappeared probably back to his daughter and girl friend . |
| 4 | So we 've decided to have a competition . |
| 5 | We 've attempted to design a system which is friendly in that it takes account of the different needs that a person will have at different times while trying to communicate with a computer . |
| 6 | We 've promised to have a drink with Helen . |
| 7 | erm then we 've got some more erm here in this position and some more down here and in fact , I think that we 've managed to squeeze a few more into erm , this position for the bungalow refurbishment , that 's obviously an aside it 's not part of erm what , what Moat are proposing . |
| 8 | But things have turned round slightly in the last few weeks and erm the players have got themselves together and erm we 've managed to string a few results together . |
| 9 | We 've not managed to clear the speaker 's part of the platform as entirely as the Americans do , but at least we 've managed to create a decent space around the speaker . |
| 10 | ‘ We 've managed to find a taxi for you , Heaven knows how . |
| 11 | ‘ Folly , somehow we 've managed to get a crossed line here . |
| 12 | Signaller Chris Lodey of Darlington said : ‘ It 's not been too tiring because we 've managed to get a bit of rest . |
| 13 | Yes , but lo , but then we 've so , we 've got to pre-judge a little bit then , as to what illness they 're going to have , and that gets a bit difficult . |
| 14 | If members allowances are a hundred and eighty thousand this year which is somewhere around there , Mr may correct me but I think I 'm not too far out , we 've already upped those this year to a hundred and eighty- nine , so next year there 'll be a hundred and seventy-one and the thirteen thousand cost of this will reduce it to a hundred and fifty-eight I actually do n't think that is possible , we ca n't afford it within the terms of of the present set up , unless someone 's going to dramatically reduce the length and the number of meetings in this council , which I think is highly unlikely , I think we 've got to set a good example to our employees , I think that this would give completely the wrong message . |
| 15 | Er but erm the fact is i if you 're a non-taxpayer , obviously we 've got to take a different view of the way you that you might invest money . |
| 16 | We thought all our problems were over when we finally got the rig set up , but now we 've got to examine a deluge of fresh rock ! ’ |
| 17 | So in that case we 've got to do a bit of research have n't we ? |
| 18 | And I think we 've got to do a lot more to put this sort of thing right . |
| 19 | We 've got to do a bit on an earthquake . |
| 20 | Yes , yes , well I am too , and that we shall pay the penalty later on if we do n't get with us and I feel that erm , as difficult as the budget is , as tight as it is with reduction etcetera , I feel that we should make a positive funding for prevention or something , or er , because I think unless we do start somewhere , and quickly , we are going to pay the penalty at the end of the and so we 've got to make a date , you 've got to make a year , and if you wait and say and well we have n't got it now , well next year we shall say we have n't got it now , and the next year we 'll say we have n't got it now . |
| 21 | We 've got to make a decision on B before we can finalize C. |
| 22 | Not now , not next year but in the next twenty years so there are a problem with schools , there are problems , I think , with changing leisure habits er people , the way that people take their leisure has changed over the last twenty years and not always have clubs , organizations and sailing schools taken account of that in , in their programme , especially with youngsters and I have to say I also believe there is apathy in some clubs and other organizations , not every club has an active youth sailing scheme and I believe that any club that does n't either must be extremely popular because of its er prices of beer or , or some other reason or it may not exist perhaps in twenty years ' time , so I think it 's an ext extremely important topic brought about by the maybe , without being melodramatic , some of the stuff that we 're reading in the papers about youngsters these days but looking at it from a purely selfish sailing point of view if we 're to get more youngsters into the sport even if we 're to hold our ground we 've got to make a big effort over , over this year and , and it 's important make sure that it runs on for future years . |
| 23 | We 've got to make a quite simple decision . |
| 24 | ‘ We 've got to walk a bit now , ’ said Lydia . |
| 25 | So , whilst I would n't want to over estimate or under estimate the problem , I think we 've got to keep a balance in that . |
| 26 | We 've got to eat a lot more chicken now the doctor 's said that he 's got |
| 27 | We 've got to become a lean , mean fighting machine . ’ |
| 28 | Well , we deal with a wide range of different groups , and erm we 've got to produce a best advice list , and er we try to find you the best contract available in the market . |
| 29 | We 've got to find a new bass player . |
| 30 | We 've got to find a way to make it OK to buy a Buick . ’ |