Example sentences of "[noun sg] have to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next thing the retailer has to get right is the price of the goods he sells . |
| 2 | The housewife has to get the washing there in the first place , she has to unload it , sort it , sit and watch it wash and dry ( or dash out to shop in the interim ) and then pack it all up again . |
| 3 | JOHN McGAHERN : Because the writer has to get beyond the self to the facts . |
| 4 | Mummy has to get those . |
| 5 | The wedding industry has to get as much cash as possible out of the remaining couples who choose to tie the knot with the blessing of God and every florist in Britain . |
| 6 | The practitioner has to get beyond his accustomed , Western modes of thinking even to glimpse beneath the surface and understand what kung fu is all about . |
| 7 | Cos the car had to get fixed up . |
| 8 | Skip shows us in the book how his aspirations for the boat decrease and how newcomers to the boat had to get used to the crew 's relaxed attitude . |
| 9 | Under the rules set by the Constitutional Court ( whose members are chosen by parliament ) , the president had to get half the electorate ( 53.5m people ) to approve an early parliamentary election . |
| 10 | This is a neat and internally consistent explanation and fully explains why it is that the military and industry have to get together . |
| 11 | It 's the same job as an editor of a publication has to get writers to go along without it all sounding like he wrote it or she wrote it , and the , but a good editor can figure out how to do that and a good writer likes it because it means erm they 'll go together or work better and readers will like it , understand it . |
| 12 | I 'm the female lead , the hero has to get me at the end . |
| 13 | Because of the bulk of work FYT General Committee had to get through in its meeting on 9–11th March in Nantwich , the Towards 2000 Conference was postponed . |
| 14 | I said , so how many of those would grade three , level three child have to get to be at a level three ? |
| 15 | And how many of those would a level two child have to get ? |
| 16 | And how many would the level one child have to get ? |
| 17 | Well , what you need , Joe , is to follow my fitness regime — the one designed for people who , in their heart of hearts , with their cigarettes already lit , wish they had more than just two hands to eat with , but because they are also cursed with a love for sport have to get fit the best they can . |
| 18 | ‘ But the lad has to get on with his life and to be fair he has done . ’ |
| 19 | My husband had to get special permission to marry me . |
| 20 | Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere made the water slightly acidic so it corroded the limestone , and where the water had to get through peaty soil before it hit the rock the acidity was stronger . |
| 21 | But the revenue was not just there for the taking , and a station had to get its programming right to win the necessary audience . |
| 22 | There were n't many weighing machines in Baldersdale , but then a friend had to get one because of health problems and I turned out to be something around ten stones . |
| 23 | While they argue , those whose task it is to make sure the troops will be there on the day have to get on with more practical jobs . |
| 24 | So father had to get the men up from Blair Gowrie , there was six of them that came . |
| 25 | See the woman had to get the alarms . |
| 26 | And then of course they the the the fashion died out and the owner had to get his pool tables back . |
| 27 | About eight men and a foreman had to get 300 quarters of barley off the wagons for a day 's work . |
| 28 | A man has to get — ‘ |
| 29 | The government has to get money from somewhere , and it is logical that it should look at the whole area of VAT . |
| 30 | ‘ The main message of this conference is that the Government has to get to grips with the legislation and put the blame firmly where it lies that is with the people who go out and break the law buying cigarettes . ’ |