Example sentences of "have [to-vb] [adv prt] from the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would be perhaps regarded as thick as two short planks , er they would not be happy , they would be struggling to do work that was not honestly within their capacities , that being the case , they would almost certainly have to go down from the University . |
| 2 | Will the criminal have to climb down from the roof ( in which case he ca n't take a lot with him ) , or can he go downstairs and let himself out of the house ? |
| 3 | Great ; he could get the little bastard without having to get up from the floor . |
| 4 | The ferry was not big , but she dwarfed the harbour — she had to stand off from the jetty and land us by boat — and indeed the village . |
| 5 | We had to stand back from the edge of the pavement as their wheels splashed along the teeming gutters . |
| 6 | B Once Fokine had demonstrated that mimed dance and danced mime were the best materials to use in ballets where individual characters had to stand out from the rest of the cast , and particularly when true love did not run smoothly , other choreographers. followed suit . |
| 7 | The parade I had to lead down from the station to the beat was much longer on nights . |
| 8 | ‘ When it was time for me to fire the very pistol , I had to get up from the wireless operator 's seat and had to move my parachute — which was always as close to my feet as possible and instead of lifting it up by the canvas carrying handle , I lifted it up by the metal handle ( the rip cord ) and so had a bundle of silk to get out of the way . |
| 9 | Several times they had to step down from the train and walk along the track to the nearest station ; on this particular evening the passengers were all wanting to get home and any delay was not welcome . |