Example sentences of "they have [to-vb] at " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Why should they have to look at naked women all the time ?
2 They had to serve at least two years as trainees in one of the main deaf centres before sitting for examinations and , if successful , being awarded a diploma .
3 They and the Carters were to have shared it that year with the computer analyst and his wife , but one of this couple 's children was involved in an accident and they had to cancel at the last minute .
4 ‘ I 'm told the front rows in the Moore tragedy were so close that they had to bend at the waist to get in ’ , said Akpata .
5 Once they had to stop at a red light , and they heard Donald whimpering .
6 Of course they had to stop at the nearest tavern for Sir John to take refreshment and S over his sword play , step by step , blow by blow .
7 But there was plenty of time , and they had to wait at the other end of the tunnel .
8 That was an essential b eventually that was taken away , but the building trade still believed if a building firm wanted men , they had to have at least a thirty two hour guarantee , which is at present still in operation .
9 Downstairs in the basement , all they had to look at was the brick wall of the coal-hole with Mrs Parvis 's aluminium meat-safe hanging on it , and a line of smelly bins .
10 The school was divided into Upper and Lower boys , and the Lower boys in each house fagged for members of the Library : they cooked their tea , ran errands for them , being sent perhaps as far as Windsor to fetch a cake from Fuller 's teashop , and they had to come at once when someone in the Library shouted " Boy ! " , the last arrival being given the job .
11 The steps led downwards , there were crumbling stone walls , so that they had to clutch at narrow ropes sunk into the wall at intervals .
12 They had so many men they had to start at the other end and
13 For too many , the lack of financial security , savings and a clear future mean that they have to live at subsistence level .
14 Investors can take out a combination Pep , allowing them to choose the balance they want between the two plans , though they have to put at least £500 in each one .
15 We bury our noblemen there , except that they have to lie at present without coffins .
16 After finishing cocktails and going into that gorgeous , lofty , airy dining-room , and especially getting a window table as we were lucky enough to , you have had the best of what they have to offer at the Ritz , considerable as this is .
17 Newcastle have a vastly superior points difference than all their rivals and this could yet prove crucial at the death , though they have to win at Brierton Lane on March 14 to maintain their challenge .
18 They have to look at the laws now .
19 ‘ Our message to the Treasury is that they have to look at public spending on research and development in aeronautics as an investment , not just an expenditure ’ , says an official of the Society of British Aerospace Companies .
20 But nonetheless , I think we as county councillors can be proud of the fact that we have set a spending target for committees , we are prepared to allow the officers to manage their departments inside the targets that have been set , and that does mean that they have to look at er , what they 're spending and create priorities , and and I as a councillor am not in the least bit impressed by arguments that paper clips have increased by five and a half percent this year , and that felt l er pe felt line erm , pens have gone up by seventeen and a half percent , I think that 's largely irrelevant consideration , we 're not in the business of projecting budget , we 're in the business of providing money to deliver high quality services to the people of Wiltshire .
21 We are not going to use violence , we are not going to tell girls they ca n't go out and play in the streets , that they have to stay at home .
22 But it 's just as sad if highly qualified and trained women lose everything they 've worked for because they have to stay at home .
23 But to protect the fruits of 7 years of their labour , they feel they have to stay at the site .
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