Example sentences of "have [to-vb] for a " 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 | To find its most lasting realization , Charlie 's vision would have to wait for a bank clerk who did understand metempsychosis , and who had not only a commercial education gained in an underground room at Lloyds Bank , but also a knowledge of Greek . |
| 3 | Last Friday the civil servant in charge of government policy on radioactive waste management reiterated Whitehall 's position that a solution to the disposal issue would have to wait for a future generation . |
| 4 | I remarked to my friend , ‘ You 'd have to wait for a long time to get a train from here , ’ he smiled and we both set off for the youth hostel down the road . |
| 5 | On February 27 she was told only a heart transplant would save her husband 's life and they would have to wait for a donor . |
| 6 | But they may have to wait for a year , and maybe even two , before the brief , dramatic cycle can begin all over again . |
| 7 | At Darlington , so that they would not have to wait for a connection , they had hired a special train to Richmond , where they were met . |
| 8 | It would have to wait for a more opportune time , she decided , and replaced the receiver . |
| 9 | But the point of our ‘ numbers of planets ’ argument is that , even if the chemist said that we 'd have to wait for a ‘ miracle ’ , have to wait a billion billion years — far longer than the universe has existed , we can still accept this verdict with equanimity . |
| 10 | Will he beef up the public consultation procedures which his Department are currently casting aside like autumn leaves shrivelling on the ground , or do we have to wait for a Labour Government in the full flush of a green spring and summer to bring sense back into our planning system ? |
| 11 | Will we have to wait for a Labour Government before positive action is taken ? |
| 12 | I also think that erm it 's up to erm us — I mean if you think of us as a whole travel industry — to really take a look at what we are providing and compare it with what is provided in other countries ; the standards of service , how long do you have to wait for a meal when you 're sitting down to eat in a restaurant , what are people used to in France and Germany and the USA ? |
| 13 | Just nine first and you dial straight through , you do n't have to wait for a secondary dialling tone do you ? |
| 14 | We should not have to apologize for a vow of celibacy . |
| 15 | As far as new managers go , I 'd have to go for a partnership between Mr. Robson & Mr. Hoddle . |
| 16 | I might have to go for a recall . |
| 17 | I 'll have to go for a little walk . |
| 18 | She 'd never known any details ; she did n't know if the accident happened early on , or whether she would have to sit for a long time just waiting for the inevitable . |
| 19 | In the case of franchises and licences the business is not transferred by the vendor and the vendor will normally have to arrange for a new licence or franchise to be granted to the purchaser by the licensor or franchisor on the surrender of the vendor 's licence or franchise . |
| 20 | She would have to work for a month for that . |
| 21 | ‘ The thing is we 'll have to do something or we 'll find we 'll have to work for a living and we do n't want to do that . ’ |
| 22 | Investors will have to apply for a minimum of £240 worth of the shares , with an initial instalment of £100 . |
| 23 | If Verve expand any further , they 'll have to apply for a live music permit in the next door dimension . |
| 24 | Publicans would have to apply for a special children 's certificate as they have to do in Scotland . |
| 25 | You do n't have to play for a fortnight , do you ? |
| 26 | ‘ I 'll have to look for a new posting . ’ |
| 27 | On top of this you 'll rarely have to queue for a route ( even on The Napes ) . |
| 28 | Opportunities exist to push for new contracts within the same company , so individuals do not always have to leave for a new challenge . |
| 29 | We would have to hope for a Tory victory , but , because of the uncertainty about the outcome of the election , he could not put her on the waiting list . |
| 30 | It would take about er it would take about three days like to really give it and then it would have to lie for a wee while to harden you know , the polish to harden . |