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

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1 If your appliance is dangerous , the engineer has to disconnect it by law .
2 Blows it momentarily out , and he has to light it .
3 ‘ What I want to know is what 's so interesting on the other side of that wall that Madonna has to see it before putting her knickers on ? ’
4 ‘ Once he was satisfied — and I feel sure that he must have consulted the lady concerned since she , after all , is the person who has to wear it — he ordered it . ’
5 I 'm the one who has to wear it .
6 He has to wear it at his mother 's wedding . ’
7 ‘ No , but he has to wear it nevertheless . ’
8 The housewife has to get the washing there in the first place , she has to unload it , sort it , sit and watch it wash and dry ( or dash out to shop in the interim ) and then pack it all up again .
9 Erm s that 's my general s there 's no doubt that there are a great deal of activities there as always of course when one is spending a lot of new money quite rapidly , one has to monitor it very carefully to make sure that it 's being effectively spent , and I 'm sure the director and this committee will continue to do that .
10 for the sea to be judged to be the same colour the painter has to paint it different colours .
11 she has to taste it first
12 On receipt of a defence a " proper officer " has to scrutinize it , not for " quality control " , but to determine the question of venue .
13 ‘ Then what do you think he 'll do when your cousin wo n't take her and he has to suffer it ? ’
14 The atmosphere has to find it somewhere so it goes after the molecules locked in the glazes and that 's when the real magic happens . ’
15 He must be allowed to fix it in his mind before he has to write it .
16 and he has to write it down , so you have to get it
17 Yes , I think he has to pass it .
18 But there 's one catch : he has to clean it as well .
19 I have said that for a student to make a truth claim , whether original or not , the student has to own it .
20 Though Coronation Street , a downmarket soap , has lots of viewers , Granada , the firm that makes it , has to sell it to other ITV companies for a mere £100,000 per episode .
21 Cargill does n't think the old-fashioned moral attitudes will deter a modern audience : ‘ One has to remember it 's a costume play .
22 He has to relearn it stage by stage , building up his awareness through experience , in much the same way as a child learns about putting on clothes by himself .
23 Someone has to experience it to know to the full how you feel .
24 The upper limit on the amount of data is set by the database that has to handle it all , rather than by the car code system .
25 If one has to express it in percentage terms , somewhere between 10% and 49% .
26 Let's find it though , has to fetch it .
27 There can be little doubt that the survey since its modern inception has had a major impact on social research , and any history of social research has to award it a salient place .
28 She feels she is on the verge of some interesting illumination here , but has to abandon it in order to search for Brian , to ask him to fasten the back of her dress : if she does not leave soon , she will be late for her early arrival , and moreover she has promised to meet Esther Breuer at eight thirty precisely on the corner of Harley Street and Weymouth Street .
29 The writer has to give it these things to make it real for the reader .
30 A child will learn far more about a dandelion if he has to draw it because to draw it he must observe it very carefully and the drawing of it will implant the shape and colour and texture firmly in his mind , even though his drawing may not be very good or life-like .
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