Example sentences of "has [to-vb] [adv prt] the " in BNC.

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1 Yeah right it ca n't get out it has to go down the pipe .
2 Your Mum ca n't afford toilet paper , she has to slide down the banisters .
3 But if that is n't bad enough , it is n't scheduled until April 24 — which means he has to sit out the inter-provincials .
4 For a wood glue-to be effective it has to penetrate down the tubes for some distance so as to get hold of the undamaged wood .
5 She has to carry up the children , her shopping and any other goods coming into the household .
6 Since I started as an engineer , and have ended as a biologist , I am struck by the similarities between the two ways of thinking , although there is the difference that an engineer starts with a function to be performed , and designs a structure to perform it , whereas a biologist often starts with a structure , and has to work out the function it is performing .
7 The rider has to work out the problem , why it has happened and then decide how best to correct it .
8 ‘ Someone always has to pick up the bill . ’
9 However , she just has to pick up the phone and a friendly voice at The Wool Shop is always there to help .
10 What I , I intend to do is to , I think it would be unfortunate if , as the result of a major development which is actually funding this new junction , the County Council then has to pick up the bill for other ameliorating effects a little bit further on the network .
11 Bacon had little interest in English neo-romanticism and Minton would have been unable to accept Bacon 's nihilism , his insistence that man is a futile being who has to play out the game dependent not on reason but chance .
12 The agent has to fill in the financial returns has to send in a report of financial expenditure .
13 One member of the party is selected as the defendant : he is told the outline of an alibi defence and has to fill in the details impromptu under questioning .
14 Mr Clarke has to weigh up the strains which would be caused in our nation by admitting more refugees .
15 He has to weigh up the possibility of a conviction for something , as opposed to the accused walking free .
16 The Bosnia Aid Committee of Oxford has to weigh up the risks and the costs of each convoy .
17 Each assistant/checkout operator has to cash up the contents of the till .
18 One has to research out the opportunities .
19 Annual General Meetings are attended by several thousand employee shareholders and ( in contrast to the normally sedate company AGM in some discreet City hall ) NFC has to take over the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham or the Winter Gardens at Blackpool .
20 When the tow-rope breaks in a storm and the Arno is separated from the Langdale , Cam has to take over the duty of navigating in difficult circumstances , advised by the wounded mate , and he proves equal to the challenge .
21 A writer in South Africa , especially a Black writer , has to bring out the sufferings of the people , and be actively engaged in the whole liberation struggle .
22 ‘ The county council has to make up the remainder but it has already limited the amount it intends to spend . ’
23 It would require two million for the costs to be covered , so the Spanish government has to make up the shortfall .
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