Example sentences of "have [verb] [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Thompson said : ‘ This is something I have intended to do for some time but somehow never got round to . |
| 2 | cos I have to go to work at s I have to be ready for work at |
| 3 | I am conscious of unfinished business : we still need many more new members ( and the newly announced bonus scheme for Sections should help here ) ; we still have more to do to broaden and cement relationships with other transport associations , despite what has already been achieved ; and above all we have to continue to strive for transport excellence , and to adapt and change to meet today 's needs . |
| 4 | ‘ We have to continue to invest in the field organisation and in research and development , ’ White said . |
| 5 | Although more women are j t joining trade unions , they have to continue to work in places where their bosses are opposed to union membership . |
| 6 | DIY , furniture and jewellery stores who have to borrow to buy in huge amounts of expensive stock will be hardest hit , the British Retail Consortium warned . |
| 7 | ‘ As to who did the wrecking , we have to wait to hear from Fox , but I 've got a search organized for Alfred . |
| 8 | Policemen and women from all over Britain have gathered to protest over the controversial Sheehy report . |
| 9 | All accommodation listed within this guide consists of inspected properties and those who have undertaken to abide by the Tourist Board Code of Conduct . |
| 10 | Certainly you are obliged in this game which you have undertaken to play against the reader ( while at the same time telling a good story ) to state the physical circumstances necessary to unmasking the murderer . |
| 11 | The concern about declining councillor calibre embodies a bitter lament that a variety of changes have conspired to result in a situation in which there is now a less close and direct relationship between economic power , social status , and the political control of local government than was once the case in the Victorian age when local government enjoyed the leadership of businessmen and local notables . |
| 12 | In Chile , they provide a source of protest against the military government ; in Bolivia , the miners , wives fought alongside their husbands to get better working conditions and pay ; Nicaraguan women have formed a distinct group within the Sandinista revolutionary movement ; and in Brazil , women 's groups have formed to protest at price rises in food and other essentials . |
| 13 | Even if , in the end , we have to agree to differ on some matters , grievances should be discussed , not camouflaged . |
| 14 | Farnham will miss the extra pace of Lee , but the club have resolved to do without overseas players . |
| 15 | Some local authorities have responded to concern by setting lower thresholds : consequently , the same quality of air is currently described as " poor " in Sheffield , " moderate " in Bristol , and " good " by the DoE . |
| 16 | Some have expected to sleep with anyone they fancied who treated them to a night out — or , in the case of a man , expected bed for the night in return for dinner . |
| 17 | You should check the rushes , bushes and tree branches , if any , behind you and establish just where you have to stand to cast without snagging when you lay the rod back . |
| 18 | • If we work at night , and have to try to sleep during the daytime , we have difficulty in adjusting our habits in spite of having an ‘ active ’ environment at night and a quiet , sleep-conducive environment ( a quiet , darkened bedroom ) during the daytime . |
| 19 | " You have to try to go with one thing-so although I do have a large variety of plants , there 's always a certain harmony . " |
| 20 | But whether serial or parallel processing turns out to be the way the brain works ( there will be more to say about this too in the next chapters ) , there will be cellular events associated with both the short-term and the long-term phase , and we have to try to distinguish between them experimentally . |
| 21 | All reviewers have to try to stand outside the immediate context of their listening , but that can be hard to do at the same time as keeping all emotional wavelengths open . |
| 22 | ‘ We have to try to build on what we did in Australia because we have n't time to do anything else , ’ McGeechan said . |
| 23 | In both circumstances the deaf minority have to struggle to participate in community life if their contributions do not sound like English and if their failure to understand the interlanguage interpretation is put down to their poor general knowledge or low mental ability . |
| 24 | This is done by , among other things , the sharing of stories , exchange of gossip , and a friendly and very sharp banter ( at which policemen are very good ) , during which sergeants sometimes have to struggle to rise above the one-line wit and are often themselves forced to succumb ( on the use of rituals at the beginning of work in American police departments see Niederhoffer 1967 ) . |
| 25 | In Barbados ( and other places such as Jamaica and Antigua ) , the wickets are fast and so the bowlers have traditionally bowled fast , while the batsmen have looked to attack at every opportunity , to hit the ball as hard and as gleefully as possible . |
| 26 | This activity has earned the gratitude and , indeed , the respect of hacks such as myself , who have come to rely on the OHE 's booklets and fact sheets and other publications as accurate and marvellously convenient source material . |
| 27 | I have come to appreciate over the years , however , that the extra material they provide makes a great safety net . |
| 28 | The process and the outcomes are a good deal less tidy than many have come to appreciate with current models and assumptions about organizations . |
| 29 | Right , well , good evening , ladies , gentlemen and members of the public , and erm , the first thing I 'd like to do is to ask the youngest of the young ladies at the end of the table , who have come to talk to us , and I 'm not quite sure , let me guess which one , but I reckon that that 's Miss and , and that 's Miss . |
| 30 | The nadir was reached when the Royal 600cc class went out with only 10 starters and although it developed into a tremendous race between Joey Dunlop and Ian King , there was n't the strength in depth which we have come to take for granted . |