Example sentences of "have [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What possible reason could I have for being tense ? |
| 2 | The Open University 's ( address on page 148 ) pre-retirement course book lists some of the good as well as the bad feelings you can have about being alone : ‘ I feel I do n't have to put on an act ’ , ‘ I feel really me ’ , ‘ I feel relaxed ’ are some of the items on the list . |
| 3 | It will banish any anxieties that you may have about being alone at night or coming home to an empty house . |
| 4 | In each case mentioned , therefore , the employer 's commercial assessment and endeavours or the prevailing economic circumstances will significantly reduce or even remove any prospect the employee might have of being entitled to a compensation award . |
| 5 | To write and record songs and do world tours when I do n't have to is important because that is my , and the band 's , identity . |
| 6 | I would have expected Esquire to be a little more imaginative than to jump on the anti-Essex bandwagon and to realize that you do n't have to be brainless to live in Braintree . |
| 7 | But it does n't have to be that way . |
| 8 | Now I was beginning to see that it did n't necessarily have to be that way . |
| 9 | It does not have to be that way . |
| 10 | Logically , we would not , but the reply would have to be that given the processing mechanisms we seem to have , it would not be practically possible . |
| 11 | With petit mal , the small fit , it used to called vaguely , you could talk to somebody and then go on nattering away and then suddenly the person would switch off and then just stare and then after a while they come back and talk to you and it 's , they pick up exactly where they 've left off , so as I say it used to be called day dreaming , now that 's the low end of the scale , now we go to the other end of the scale and remember please that there 's no set type for an epileptic , anybody , anywhere , any age at any time can have an epileptic fit , you do n't have to be that type , do n't . |
| 12 | ‘ But does it have to be that way ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It would have to be that , would n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | But why does it have to be that ? |
| 15 | But it did n't have to be that way , when you were in love . |
| 16 | So it 'll have to be that one in there . |
| 17 | Oh and you 'd have to be that little bit more careful too . |
| 18 | They do n't have to be that |
| 19 | Certainly , this does not have to be prenominal ; we can also expect it to turn up in postnominal attribution , and it does , in sentences like ( 13 ) ( a ) and ( b ) : ( 13 ) ( a ) the fish gutted lay waiting for the wholesalers ( b ) the fish , gutted , lay waiting for the wholesalers In the background of ( a ) , but not of ( b ) , there are other fish which have not undergone the same treatment . |
| 20 | Screening would have to be systematic and sensitive to what might be termed trouble indicators , of which the following provide some examples . |
| 21 | He would have to be audacious . |
| 22 | Gift wrap presents — they will have to be unwrapped for security or customs |
| 23 | GUESTS at Olympic star Sally Gunnell 's October wedding will have to be great sports like her . |
| 24 | This time I do n't have to restrain myself ; I do n't have to be merciful . |
| 25 | And I take it it would have to be infrared . |
| 26 | YOU DO N'T HAVE TO BE SOBER TO WORK HERE BUT IT HELPS |
| 27 | They do n't have to be religious fundamentalists . |
| 28 | It remains to be seen who will end up being the dominant supplier , but it would seem that the sheer volume of Novell and DOS/Windows users will dictate that future PC Lan systems will have to be compatible with them . |
| 29 | However , Strawson also draws a stronger conclusion from it — the conclusion that , since a theory of the determination of action is true now if it is true at all , such a theory would have to be compatible with our distinction between behaviour towards which reactive attitudes are appropriate , and behaviour demanding an objective response . |
| 30 | The kettle 's on ; it will have to be instant coffee — there 's no time to percolate any . ’ |