Example sentences of "they have [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Instead of having they had to come through the Dock Commission all of the men , they wanted so and so men for that boat , they used to come through to me . |
| 2 | Then there were Heather and Katie , inseparable friends , who bolstered each other by their mutual devotion ; never had they known a Moment 's shame of friendlessness , never had they had to look for a partner in dancing or in gym , never had they walked alone from classroom to classroom , and their confidence overflowed and imposed itself upon all beholders . |
| 3 | Why do they have to talk about it all ? |
| 4 | Is he aware that one head teacher recently told me that not only do they have to teach in unsavoury conditions , but they are now having to teach in unsafe conditions ? |
| 5 | What money will they have to spend on a trip ? |
| 6 | Will they have to contract for rehabilitation services separate from the contract for acute beds ? |
| 7 | Wrapped and cordless multifilaments , hybrids , notching — what do they have to do with how you hit a tennis ball ? |
| 8 | I wish he 'd get his teeth seen to ; do they have special police dentists or do they have to go to the ones everybody else goes to and hope the dentist does n't have some … have some grudge … some grudge against … ? |
| 9 | People can ‘ change their luck ’ , and can in a way say ‘ No ’ to divine Providence , though of course if they do they have to stand by the consequences of their decision . |
| 10 | ‘ Why should they have to come from Durham when there 's an ambulance station in Bishop ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why should they have to look at naked women all the time ? |
| 12 | Not only are they having to come to terms with the latest three per cent rise in fares and the implications of rail privatisation , but now the spectre of VAT hangs over them as well . |
| 13 | And er y you sort of make your list of who has to go and where they 've to come from , take it into the office , and they organize it . |
| 14 | From then on they had to shift for themselves . ’ |
| 15 | My responsibilities vanished but I think they suspected that if I were sacked there would be a public fuss so they had to proceed by stealth . |
| 16 | So eventually the they had to give in in the end . |
| 17 | They had to serve at least two years as trainees in one of the main deaf centres before sitting for examinations and , if successful , being awarded a diploma . |
| 18 | On the one hand some teachers saw the process as a hindrance — as something they had to do for the LEA and which would have little consequence for themselves . |
| 19 | I had a record company screaming for final mixes , not even sure that they wanted this album because ‘ Space Oddity ’ did n't do too well and as far as they were concerned this was going to be the last they had to do with David Bowie , and I was n't delivering the goods . |
| 20 | Arthur found the reasons for this unfathomable , but took it that they had to do with a comparison to his own looks . |
| 21 | And they sorted , they forward it I suppose or did whatever they had to do with it . |
| 22 | It is the only one where someone touched Jesus believing that this was all they had to do to be healed . |
| 23 | It was not so bad for a privileged minority , though even they had to do without modem medicine , and childbirth was highly risky for women . |
| 24 | If they had to do without him he would n't be greatly missed , and he doubted whether they would put themselves out to keep him . |
| 25 | That bag of vagabonds had to grasp what they had to do in order to get there , which included discipline . |
| 26 | With all the technological genius that can be raised in the USA to produce a B-1 supersonic bomber , they had to settle for a cruising speed of 1.25 times the speed of sound while the routine Concorde bus service across the Atlantic ticks over steadily at fully twice the speed of sound — and anyone who can afford to buy a ticket can experience it . |
| 27 | They had to settle for much less , however , and an understanding was reached with local authorities , in spite of some early reluctance on their part . |
| 28 | They had to settle for three consolation points , leaving them second three points below Gresford . |
| 29 | He said he was very heartened to hear the comments of those taking part ; all felt they had to finish as a matter of pride — they do not give up easily in Gawthorpe . |
| 30 | And it was about the only thing they had to talk about , too . |