Example sentences of "we [verb] have [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we did have to wait until the chimpanzees completely accepted out presence before we were able to observe the other food-gathering behaviour that truly sets apart the forest chimpanzees — regular co-operative hunting . |
| 2 | We did have to predict how much we could help ourselves financially and Joan is pleased to report that through the marvellous efforts made through fund-raising this prediction has been achieved . |
| 3 | Five years of therapy later , I realise what a lot of ‘ work ’ we did have to do to understand the underlying reasons for my eating disorder , and for many other things in my life , and also to have a wider understanding of eating disorders in general and what they are about . |
| 4 | But we did have to boost up chlorine levels in areas , because they were n't high enough . |
| 5 | Mind you , there was a lot of us , but still we did have to work long hours . |
| 6 | The erm , importance of monitoring procedures can not be over-stressed because enable , to enable us to actually find out if these er , arrangements are working properly we do have to monitor the arrangements that are in place , and we have to provide details of monitor important for the members ' benefit , er , explaining how the budget is er , is being spent , and also bringing in information about the number of assessments , the levels of assessments , and all the other aspects that er , that make a new system work . |
| 7 | Erm that the time has now come to accept that we do have to do the same things and it has to be in black and white and it has to be E E C wide . |
| 8 | But we do have to do everything he wants for the next month or so . ’ |
| 9 | I mean , so when we do have to do redecoration we just got ta let the volunteers in . |
| 10 | In contrast , we do have to invest time and money in understanding groundwater and its place in the water cycle . |
| 11 | Of course in high season we do have to ask for a bit extra if there 's going to be empty space in your place , but for all departures before May 31st and after October 1st there are NO UNDER-OCCUPANCY SUPPLEMENTS in selected accommodation . |
| 12 | But we do have to ask if the saboteur could have been on the train , just in case any of you noticed anything wrong . ’ |
| 13 | And my own feeling about this is that we do have to move more to planned expansion . |
| 14 | So we do have to manage this with some care . |
| 15 | What they would say is that we have to , perhaps we do have to leave things to the individual , but we should leave as little possible to individuals , as little as practically possible so that we should the people involved in making all the important decisions , particularly the carrying out of them that we have to leave to particular appointed individuals . |
| 16 | So if we can look at the relatively small numbers , albeit , I mean , tragic numbers of people who have been harmed or died , we do have to set it into perspective against risks in other walks of life and against the enormous benefits that medicines have done . |
| 17 | Thank you Chairman , I I can note that remark , but I do think that we do have to defend the position a little on environmental issues . |
| 18 | We do have to take a leaf , a little bit out of Kenzie 's book from the n the late nineteen thirties and afterwards , that when things are receding , you do n't batten down the hatches , you do n't simply close things in . |
| 19 | ‘ But we do have to take this condition seriously and get it under control . ’ |
| 20 | Good about everything , good salesmen , erm , but I think we do have to take er , Jack 's thoughts on that , that really perhaps we are begging the question when we , just forget ourselves and keep going till three , four o'clock in the morning whatever it is , and then we 'll get in the car and drive home . |
| 21 | On the other hand I think we have to take seriously what Mao is , is saying that and it may conflict with that , that other view of the countryside an an and we , I think we do have to take this evidence into account , I think it 's more important to accept what Mao is saying . |
| 22 | I think we do have to explain the , the re-establishment of authoritarian forms of government more carefully , we ca n't just assume that there 's a kind of almost instinctive hankering after it among the mass of the population because I 'm just not convinced by that at all . |
| 23 | er Chairman thank you for inviting me to come erm here today , er particularly as Mrs who 's the other member of erm , affected by the lorry ban on the A ten eighty eight it 's unfortunate unable to come , erm and thank you for including me in the er consultation process that you 're planning with Norfolk County Council , er Chairman obviously I wish to support this , but just erm if I could make a couple of observations on your paper , erm firstly particular relation to the discussion we just had about Brandon , erm , I am aware Mr Chairman you 've just described the er highways people in Norfolk as very reasonable , but I think that members will see particular if they look at problems like four point one that we do have to handle er working relationships with some care and I would want to express regret while I wo n't be less impolite than that , but Norfolk have not even seen fit to put up signs erm warning of the lorry ban erm in Thetford , erm , which shows er not exactly the spirit of co-operation , I hope we 're going to be able to achieve in the consultations about Brandon and I thought |
| 24 | That 's something that we do have to work on and I ca n't emphasize it too strongly . |
| 25 | This is a good university with a reputation because we do have to work hard but that does mean there 's a lot of pressure on us |
| 26 | So it is a major problem , this communication , and so we do have to work with local authorities , with teacher organisations , anyone who can help us in this task . |
| 27 | " We do have to have a guarantor , " he remarked , as much to himself , and said , " Very well , you said your brother would be back in a month ? |
| 28 | Well the annual parish we do have to have an annual parish meeting . |
| 29 | And we do have to have a meeting of an annual meeting of the council to elect your officers . |
| 30 | Clearly the riots and the er secrecy that the Home Office tried to surround those riots with , er show that we do have to have an ombudsman . |