Example sentences of "having [to-vb] his " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once he and his henchman had been obliged to leave the wrecked apartment on the avenue Foch , he had been filled with apprehension at having to report his failure direct to Teheran . |
| 2 | No farm worker welcomes the prospect of having to uproot his family should he , because he is ill , injured at work , made redundant , has achieved retirement or had a row with his boss , cease to be employed on the farm . |
| 3 | If Let Us Compare Mytholoqies marks the awakening of his poetic consciousness when the city of Montreal ( and all that was in it , not excluding its female charms ) ‘ began to jump at me , ’ The Spice-Box Of Earth marks the heightening of his Jewish consciousness which he encountered in young adulthood , as a free agent abroad in the world , having to establish his own identity at a time when his own Tradition , and his position in it , began likewise to jump at him . |
| 4 | This was the solution which Bernard Shaw , who objected to having to spell his surname with four letters instead of two , favoured . |
| 5 | As the first director of the NHS 's research and development , Peckham is having to set his own goals . |
| 6 | ‘ But even now he 's having to pick his games , with one every three days or so , and he is 34 years of age and we ca n't alter that . |
| 7 | Even my father was n't too pleased about continually having to clean his porch roof , which our residents had covered in droppings and other nest debris . |
| 8 | My reaction to P R Owen 's having to sell his weekend cottage is good riddance . |
| 9 | Mozart was by no means the first freelance composer to die in financial difficulties in the days before copyright law and performance rights afforded the artist some protection : 60 years later the German composer Gustav Lortzing literally starved to death after having to sell his hugely successful operas to publishers for a pitifully inadequate outright fee , which denied him any further revenue . |
| 10 | The Stirlingshire farmer who claims that toxic emissions were responsible for him having to destroy his entire dairy herd was told in court today that he and his wife were to blame . |
| 11 | He licked dry lips , and she found herself having to mimic his action , her eyes as dark and huge as his . |
| 12 | The florist sat down , his back straight , his hat gripped tightly on his knees , mortified at having to exhibit his bald crown , a thing he never did , even at mealtimes . |
| 13 | But moments later she wished she had said twenty , for , although he looked unhappy and muttered about having to consult his brother , it was clear he was going to agree . |
| 14 | In Ashley v Esso Transportation Co Ltd ( 1956 ) The Times , 8 February the plaintiff claimed as part of his damages for injury suffered whilst working in a ship the extra expense incurred since the accident in having to buy his cigarettes ashore instead of on board free of duty . |
| 15 | Cameron realized he was having to form his words carefully . |
| 16 | But big-hearted Bob is having to extend his linguistic knowledge after giving an open house welcome to a family of refugees from war-torn Bosnia . |
| 17 | He enjoys this power without any accountability to parliament , of course : once elected he remains in office for seven years without ever having to justify his policies to anyone except via the media , and interviews to the Head of State are usually rather tame and grovelling . |
| 18 | Mercer retreated in the face of noisy opposition and within months of his takeover bid was having to justify his own club 's financial record . |
| 19 | He re-sat the ‘ O ’ levels at the next available opportunity ( November 1979 ) and crashed once more , thus having to abandon his initial ambition of becoming a police officer . |
| 20 | On the other hand if the investor has spotted an underpriced asset with the same factor loadings as the above portfolio , the portfolio may be short sold and the revenue invested in the underpriced asset to obtain a risk-free return without the investor having to use his own capital . |
| 21 | ‘ She may be itching for me to leave , but what with the heat and having to fight his corner — ’ he cast her a droll look ‘ — this weary traveller is on the point of dehydration . ’ |
| 22 | A ship 's master passing through the Panama Canal need have no concerns about having to navigate his way successfully into the Pacific . |
| 23 | And , in addition to having to keep his clothes clean , his body was often too bruised and painful to play apart from the fact that he did n't know how to . |
| 24 | Erm when ah , Jane in a sense is having to keep his passion at bay , his impatience er , for their wedding at bay , by teasing him . |
| 25 | Duncan and Myeloski sat on his right side , near the bedhead so that he could see them without having to turn his head . |
| 26 | He was already having to watch his weight . |
| 27 | Afterwards , Hoddle was relieved at not having to hang his boots up . |
| 28 | If Stirling had not been captured when he was , he would hardly have survived his planned raid on Sousse , having to approach his target right through the middle of the remnants of the Axis armies who were caught in an ever-diminishing pocket . |
| 29 | There were babies and there were children to be looked after , also Uncle Farmborough , who must in the end have become old in himself , since there was talk of my grandmother having to change his trousers . |
| 30 | On Saturday , Payton fluffed a simple chance then regained his composure to score the goal that ensured victory and finished up having to change his jersey because it was stained with the blood of a cut that required him to go off temporarily for stitches . |