Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] have to " in BNC.

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1 so I only have to once .
2 I just had to be patient , it was one of those things .
3 Only time would tell now whether it would go without mishap I just had to be patient .
4 I just had to . "
5 I just have to this crescent there .
6 I just have to be careful as I pick my way past the grubby piles of snow at the edges of the pavement .
7 ‘ I do trust George completely ’ Annette went on ‘ I just have to with his work and so much he ca n't tell me but when he come back in that state I just could n't help …
8 And I just have to go to or I just have to sort of explain that when you pack a van , you do n't pack it like the advert for KitKat .
9 But I knew straight away that you and that handsome husband of yours just had to be Leos ! ’
10 When summer comes and I finally have to reluctantly discard my thermals , I knit myself a few cardigans just in case it is not hot enough for me — and come to think of it , our weather is hardly ever hot enough for me .
11 I always had to be polite and caring . ’
12 ‘ And anyway , why do I always have to be the German ? ’
13 I still have to . ’
14 In one way the length of the history was a good thing as I have benefited in the end from the latest surgical techniques available in London , and although I still have to be careful it has made a tremendous difference to my life .
15 I do n't like leaving her on her own too long ( I usually have to be away for about eight hours ) .
16 With my unfortunate disability I usually have to , as though I was a bloody woman , but I hate it .
17 I 'm really sorry David and I both had to be away .
18 In consequence , according to the rule book , I now had to be taken seriously .
19 I do it if I really have to , but if I can avoid it I chicken out , and I had too much lately . ’
20 I had learnt , however , never to tell them much , to keep the best parts hidden , as indeed I often had to .
21 This , however , caused me untold problems , as I then had to ‘ answer ’ to the officer and see a tutor at the nursing school to explain the reason for such criticism .
22 Well as I actually had to going round the corner , to get myself round the corner , I had to come off the brake and onto the accelerator
23 I never had to .
24 I refused to settle for second best , unless I absolutely had to , ’ she says .
25 The main thing is I do n't want to go back into the private sector unless I absolutely have to .
26 I , I , I do n't know how to use WordPerfect and I hate , I occasionally have to .
27 I 'd have liked a job but you could n't , because the men had to be looked after , you just had to be there .
28 lifting off suddenly in mid-bend is n't such a good idea either — in short you just have to be aware all the time of how much power you have in so little car .
29 You just have to be careful not to hit anything .
30 You just have to be able to identify the good punters , ’ they say , ‘ the really big hitters , and be able to talk to them , and that 's it basically . ’
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