Example sentences of "have [verb] [adv] to [art] " in BNC.

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1 Unsure of whether she does owe him an explanation , of how much of her perspective she can get across in a conversation , and unwilling to let go of the London Kate who has broken through to the surface , she is ashamed of her suspicions of his reasons for asking her back to his place and agrees .
2 He is n't allowed to play football and has to go back to the hospital for treatment .
3 ‘ We 've only got her for five years , then she has to go back to the Foundling Hospital . ’
4 The twentieth-century preference for ‘ the colloquial ’ in poetry may well be a temporary phenomenon ; Donald Davie 's Purity of Diction in English Verse ( 1952 ) , together with his admiration for the late Augustans , represent one attempt to revive an interest in the use of a ‘ civilized ’ diction ; it is interesting that he has to go back to the age before Wordsworth .
5 For comparison , one really has to go back to the Renaissance , to someone like Giovanni Bellini , who travelled an enormous territory ; even to Giotto , the artist who Matisse said was the peak of his aspiration .
6 the reader has to go back to the previous stretch of discourse to establish what This refers to .
7 In the meantime he has to go back to the town on further business , but first his horse needs shoeing , his cart needs repairing and he needs food and shelter .
8 He says he 's feeling better but he has to go back to the hospice .
9 Both were successful in their task , Phyllisia no longer has to go back to the West Indies and Celie was reunited with all her family .
10 One only has to see Back to the Future to realize what problems could arise .
11 Japan has taught much to the Western business world .
12 He calls Howard as soon as he arrives — but Howard has flown out to the Bahamas , for a conference with Bill Mishkin , who is stopping over on his way to Caracas .
13 President Berisha , however , has given in to the nationalists over the question of property restitution .
14 I recall the speech to which the hon. Gentleman referred and I know that he has referred before to a case similar to that which he described today .
15 The School has responded positively to the technological demands of the new Standard Grade courses and has installed in the Department ten ‘ Applemac ’ computers adding to the not inconsiderable quantity of equipment already there .
16 The rum market in Venezuela is undergoing a difficult period of transition , but Pampero 's performance has responded well to the relaunch .
17 The Scottish economy has responded vigorously to the policies we have introduced to liberate enterprise , and many more people are now saving , investing and owning their homes .
18 Each step command is issued only when the motor has responded satisfactorily to the previous command and so there is no possibility of the motor losing synchronism .
19 I think it 's more likely to happen on the third or fourth flight , once the bird has caught on to the idea of freedom , which is why it 's important to keep it reasonably hungry .
20 The eye has to jump ahead to the source marker , or register it peripherally , and link it correctly to the preceding text .
21 Once he has come reasonably to the conclusion that this will happen , the question whether his decision to issue the particular instructions that he gave was a reasonable one in the circumstances is subject to a further test of reasonableness .
22 Move over Wilf NOT a lot of people might know this , but a Newcastle United player has come closer to an Olympic medal than poor old wobbling Wilf O'Reilly .
23 The second psychoanalytic message that has come through to the public is its preoccupation with sex .
24 ‘ Two other factors will make us a better team this season — Keith Finlay has come back to the club from North Fermanagh and that has stiffened our batting while Tony Johnson from Barbados is a superb all rounder . ’
25 ( He has come closest to an antipathetic character as the ex-con in Straight Time , and as a crook in Family Business , two of his biggest commercial failures . )
26 Two points away from winning the league flag , Christmas has come early to the Perth fans ; ensconced in a new all-seater stadium , they are visiting an Ayr team under Ally McLeod 's managerial direction .
27 However , the club has come close to the brink , surviving winding up orders .
28 Since a much-used living room has to stand up to a lot of traffic , it needs a superior quality , heavy duty carpet of either 100 per cent wool or 80 per cent wool/20 per cent nylon .
29 These points are being forgotten at the very time that they have become most pressing — for the transition from communism in Russia and Eastern Europe has added greatly to the demands that are being placed on western aid budgets .
30 Yeah that was so funny , you know the bit he has to come up to the house to erm has , has to come up to the house
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