Example sentences of "they had [adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bearing in mind that if we do have the whole house then people are only coming for a few days or or even one night could no they had somewhere to stay . |
| 2 | But until these were secured and a new defence structure created , they had perforce to rely on the British . |
| 3 | The familiar modern terminology was already in use : " bull " already described a dealer who bought stock and sold it ahead of having to pay for it , while " bear " applied to those who contracted to sell stock they had yet to obtain . |
| 4 | There it was held that those persons who had access to inside information were required to observe the ‘ abstain or disclose ’ principle ie they had either to disclose the inside information which they held or abstain from trading . |
| 5 | Sudanese radio reported on June 25 that the interim administration in Ethiopia had given SPLA forces based there a deadline ( unspecified ) before which they had either to disarm or to leave Ethiopian territory . |
| 6 | As none of the Company 's depôts was yet ready , they pleaded that they had nowhere to put them and after discussion , the Corporation agreed to let them remain at Thornton Heath until their own new cars arrived , provided that they were permitted to use them in service on their main line , to compensate for the mileage worked by Corporation cars in Penge . |
| 7 | ‘ They said they had nowhere to go , so mum took them in . ’ |
| 8 | Even if he shot away the locks and released the captive kids now , they had nowhere to go . |
| 9 | Red flares began coming up from the airfield , but the first bombers were committed : they had nowhere to go but down . |
| 10 | So while merchant prosperity was the reverse side of warrior impoverishment , the vested interests of merchants in the Bakufu- han structure meant that they had more to fear from change than from continuation of the system . |
| 11 | Then they had only to check through the photographs and the Sally Nash guest lists ( which , as the case at the Old Bailey trickled on inexorably , were becoming public property anyway ) to find their murderer . |
| 12 | It brought both of the Lorrimores to their feet in an incredulous rush , but they had only to look at the faces crowding behind her to know it was true . |
| 13 | And if any of his fans still needed convincing , they had only to look into the happy , laughing face of his adoring wife Jean , at his side as she has been since his horrific car accident nearly three months ago . |
| 14 | It meant that they had almost to stand on the air , flapping furiously , and then drop the last few inches . |
| 15 | The decline of McCarthyism , moreover , meant that they had less to fear from the American right . |
| 16 | They had all to bear with it , Phillis , the doubtful prize — still it might stand up , the Weasel only half a nose , he could hardly be particular — the crooked cops they got their man and Rab claimed his insurance . |
| 17 | The ash fall became heavier , piling up around them , so that they had periodically to shake themselves clear of it , to prevent themselves being buried . |
| 18 | He had asked Moray , Lindsay , Leslie and others , but they had further to come , and could follow on later if they had not come by the morrow . |