Example sentences of "his [noun] have [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In September 1842 Gladstone suffered an injury in a shooting accident , as a result of which one of his fingers had to be amputated . |
| 2 | His hospice had to be ‘ completely approachable ’ and this partly led to his choice of site in the centre of Aberdeen where it fits comfortably into a hollow in the hillside . |
| 3 | Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted . |
| 4 | Nowadays his case had to be heard within a given time . |
| 5 | His signs have to be of a special kind , directed at non-participants in the fiction . |
| 6 | She lived to regret what she regarded as her weakness , for the child 's fate was to be so terrible that his existence had to be denied in her own mind . |
| 7 | All evils have to be dealt with ; nothing happens by accident ; every occurrence that threatens his existence has to be explained . |
| 8 | His murder had to be linked to Tatyana 's suicide , the poisoning of her son and the betrayal of the father . |
| 9 | They were how his thinking had to be . |
| 10 | Even his drinking had to be packaged as an aesthetic experience . |
| 11 | The club 's original application to the American authorities for his transfer had to be resubmitted and clearance has not yet arrived . |
| 12 | The fingers of one hand were tapping frenziedly against the palm of the other , as if all the excitement in his body had to be expressed through the movements of one set of digits . |
| 13 | And he was , he had an unfortunate death , because he he he his body was buried in the little churchyard near to the village where he had been brought up , and he 'd no sooner been buried , than they decided to run a road through , or , erm , something , so his body had to be unearthed and moved somewhere else , and it was n't until nineteen sixteen , that the body erm , was taken out and was taken to Paris , and restored in the er , where so many other famous people erm , do have their tombs and their remembrances . |
| 14 | Fair enough he may have had a very good reason for doing so but I thought that that would have been a typical apack erm he did say well you know I just want to run it by him , you know , just to make sure but you , you still needed to know why he thought that his accountant had to be involved . |
| 15 | Secretions which block or threaten to block his airway have to be removed by suction . |
| 16 | It was as if he were still competing for Martha : every return to harbour became a race between his ketch and Sam 's ; every catch had to be compared for weight and quality , and every new little luxury Harry purchased for himself or his wife had to be announced that evening in the Russell alehouse as further proof of his superiority . |
| 17 | But , with only 48 seconds separating the top nine riders overall after more than 1,000 miles ' racing as they headed out through the Birkenhead tunnel , Lillywhite and his team-mates had to be on their guard in today 's 85-mile penultimate stage to Salford Quays . |
| 18 | On Sept. 28 the Volkskammer elected Joachim Gauck ( Alliance " 90/Greens ) as the special commissioner for handling Stasi files ; his appointment had to be approved by the West German government . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , it means that his urine has to be tested every two months . |
| 20 | Much of the evidence that he later used to support his arguments had to be provided from collections other than his own , including that of his servant . |
| 21 | ‘ We 'll have to see her again , Bruce — if Yeo was having it off with Angela Morgan , both he and his missis have to be in the frame . |
| 22 | Michael Marland has talked about the disappearance of deference and I think that 's the biggest change really that the kind of instant erm response to authority has gone and that has good and bad sides in it , so more is demanded of the teacher because his authority has to be earned , much more even than in the past I think . |
| 23 | I have no evidence one way or another as to the extent of risk of an episode occurring within five weeks but realism and commonsense tell me that there is a reasonable possibility that it will not and that even if he does unfortunately suffer such a trauma , he will if his life has to be preserved by artificial means , recover sufficiently for a decision at the main hearing as to further mechanical ventilation for the future . |
| 24 | His interests have to be considered , but public safety is more important . |
| 25 | Scargill and his forces had to be defeated , and would be … |
| 26 | His objective had to be to drive on through the tumult and horror as best they could , not to get involved with individuals or groups , not to be sidetracked , so as to reach that further side , there to turn and repeat the dire process , difficult as this must be . |
| 27 | Held , dismissing the appeal , that although an adult patient was entitled to refuse consent to treatment irrespective of the wisdom of his decision , for such a refusal to be effective his doctors had to be satisfied that at the time of his refusal his capacity to decide had not been diminished by illness or medication or by false assumptions or misinformation , that his will had not been overborne by another 's influence and that his decision had been directed to the situation in which it had become relevant ; that where a patient 's refusal was not effective the doctors were free to treat him in accordance with their clinical judgment of his best interests ; that in all the circumstances , including T. 's mental and physical state when she signed the form , the pressure exerted on her by her mother and the misleading response to her inquiry as to alternative treatment , her refusal was not effective and the doctors were justified in treating her on the principle of necessity ; and that , accordingly , the judge 's order had been properly made ( post , pp. 786G–H , 795B–F , 796F–H , 797B–F , 798A–B , E–G , 799B–G , H — 800B , E–G , 803C–D , F — 804B , F–G , H — 805B , F ) . |
| 28 | His timing had to be perfect to check the player and avoid the risk of a penalty . |
| 29 | ‘ It was purely his own decision , and his health has to be the prime consideration . ’ |
| 30 | As his property had to be divided equally among his nearest kin , it was necessary for Thirlestane House and the famous collections to be sold . |