Example sentences of "[pers pn] have [to-vb] [adv prt] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to stock up for the holiday break . ’ |
| 2 | Born in Cuba to a German-Jewish father and a black mother — ‘ I was sort of kosher , but swinging ’ — he cut sugar-cane in his youth before joining his father , a ship 's steward , on his travels , only to be accidentally left behind on Crete at 12 : ‘ I had to sit down for a minute — almost cried . ’ |
| 3 | I had to make up for the ravages of time . |
| 4 | ‘ I have to go out for an hour or so ; therefore I suggest that you acquaint yourself with the filing system and generally try to get the feel of the place . |
| 5 | ‘ And if I have to pay up for the Mercedes at £1 a week for the rest of my life then that 's what I will do . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ She had to go out for a moment . ’ |
| 7 | She had been accepted for the job at Ardis & Co , looking the way she normally looked , but if to keep her job — and she had no idea at that stage whether there was a Vasey junior , or similar , at G Vasey Ltd — she had to go in for a bit of de glamorisation , then so be it . |
| 8 | ‘ Mrs Giraud has asked us to tell you that she had to step out for a short while , but to make yourself at home , ’ the receptionist had informed her . |
| 9 | At teatime , there was honey , sour-milk scones and plum jam where you had to mind out for the stones . |
| 10 | To get the tickets you had to sign up for a complete tour and hospitality package , available through Travelforce , a travel agency in Durban — of which the then President of the Natal Rugby Union , and member of the Executive of the ( former ) SARB , just happened to be a director . |
| 11 | You have to sit down for a minute — |
| 12 | ‘ You have to go out for the kids , you have to go to the schools and sign autographs . |
| 13 | when you have to watch out for the differences |
| 14 | Fighting the Empire you have to look out for the Helblaster volley gun . |
| 15 | so we had to sit down for a while . |
| 16 | But the journey took longer than they planned , because they had to watch out for the evil troll who lurked under the bridge . |
| 17 | They looked into one another 's eyes , and kissed with a great tenderness , as though they had to make up for the anger last time . |
| 18 | and erm I used to do erm , keep a check on the flying times of the planes cos every forty hours they had to come in for a different check . |
| 19 | Their room was in darkness and he had to fumble about for the switch to the bedside lamps . |
| 20 | At one point he had to slow down for a distance of several miles . |