Example sentences of "i have [to-vb] for " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Why did I have to fall for a suicidal maniac ? ’ she asked herself , and cleaned the flat from top to bottom to take her mind off the image of Jack dangling on the end of a rope above a muddy slit somewhere in subterranean Yorkshire !
2 the last ti what did I have to go for ?
3 WILL I HAVE TO DIET FOR EVER ?
4 Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was the centenary I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that , and then when we elected erm two people honourary freeman of the town I got in all of the other mayors from Sussex , asked them to come along with their robes and mace bearers and so on , and we had this very sort of grand ceremonial procession in the Assembly Hall , which was sort of packed out with about four hundred people .
5 Yes , I mean I run a series for one of the local newspapers on past Lewes mayors , and the amount of work that I had to do for that meant that I picked up all sorts of pieces of information about what other mayors had tried in the past , and things that had been successful and things that had been disasters , and as it was a centenary , I went to a lot of trouble to look up exactly what had happened a hundred years ago , and to try and recreate the ceremonial connected with that .
6 Whatever she [ mother ] needs , it 's there regardless … if her money did n't amount to whatever she needed , she would get it , even if I had to borrow for it , she would get it from somewhere .
7 I had to mourn for Sesostris so I went back to his house . ’
8 But I had to search for Vietnam .
9 The offence was grievous and innocent , I drove the wrong way round a roundabout , which sounds appalling but there was not a single other car in sight to , in a sense to steer by so to speak , erm but there was one policeman , and he stopped me , and he fined me , and I had to search for my purse , which I had well hidden , this being Italy , erm underneath all the bedding and the tents and the cooking pots , found it in due course , presented him very shakily with these thousand lire or whatever it was he wanted , and , and this is really the point , drove off very shakily too .
10 That was the first time I had to cough for anybody that was , as well .
11 It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening .
12 ‘ Why I had to plead for my baby 's life ’
13 I had to fumble for the torch in the dark and work out for myself how to fix my bunk .
14 It was a joke — I had to cook for 70 people and there were 12 rooms and a pub as well that could seat 100–200 in summer .
15 I had to understudy for Prospero , one year , and still remember large chunks of the beautiful Tempest verse .
16 The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres .
17 I had to wait for another performance to see . ’
18 I had to wait for a considerable time for the expanse of blue sky above my chosen scene ( figure XX ) to be substantial enough for photography .
19 At the same time , while ensuring the blue of sky in front of the camera , I had to wait for the sun to fall on the scene from behind me , otherwise the sparkle of beach and palms would have been lost .
20 At the flat there were drinks parties and little dinners every week , which irritated me , as I had to wait for everyone to finish filling the air with their thoughts on the latest novel before I could go to bed on the sofa .
21 My family and I had to wait for three weeks in Bombay before getting a boat for England , but during that time I was able to do some useful PR work with newspapers and radio .
22 To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing .
23 I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola .
24 Well I had to , I had to wait for about eight months or was it s six months to get one of my lights fixed but for er other things they were quite quick actually .
25 I had to wait for what seemed like hours .
26 ‘ Sorry to be so long — I had to wait for Tom to finish a phone call . ’
27 I had to wait for about ten minutes .
28 But I still felt as though I 'd have a nervous breakdown if I had to cope for much longer … .
29 Mrs Hutchinson , who has two daughters , aged 16 and 21 , said : ‘ At first , Frank and I had to cope for everyone else .
30 I had to account for every penny I spent , but he never told me what he was spending .
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