How to Use have (got) to go in a Sentence
have (got) to go
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But did the two of you have to go to bat to keep that scene?
— Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Feb. 2024 -
Does the judge have to go along with the D.A.’s request?
— Gene Maddaus, Variety, 22 Oct. 2024 -
But when the Fox folk have to go to court: Whaddathey got?
— Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Feb. 2024 -
If one of those amendments should pass, the bill would have to go back to the House.
— James Pindell, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2023 -
The resolutions would have to go to the full House for a vote.
— Luke Broadwater, New York Times, 16 May 2024 -
Imagine having a wife and child who have to go through the same thing.
— Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 2023 -
A lot of phases of the game to have to go out there and play, our defense played well.
— Chris Vogt, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2023 -
Do users have to go through hoops to find opt-out settings?
— Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 12 July 2024 -
The main thing any of us have to go on when choosing a project is the quality of the script.
— Vulture, 12 Apr. 2023 -
The Rams would have to go on a whale of a run to play themselves back into the picture.
— Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023 -
There's a lot of steps that have to go perfectly right for all that to work.
— CBS News, 2 June 2024 -
The kind of person who might have to go to Panorama City for a restaurant.
— Dave Schilling, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2023 -
Looking for something to do before the kids have to go back to school?
— Diamy Wang, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2024 -
What about all of the people that have to go to to the restaurant and make your food, and deliver your food?
— Umar Shakir, The Verge, 19 Oct. 2023 -
No family at all should have to go through that, at all.
— Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024 -
As one of the host nations, the U.S. doesn’t have to go through qualifying.
— Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Oct. 2024 -
No one should ever have to go through something like that.
— Emily Robertson, Fox News, 16 Apr. 2023 -
Guests don't have to go all out with their soda creations.
— Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 26 Sep. 2024 -
The paths to the summit are becoming longer, as climbers have to go around risky cracks and fissures.
— Somini Sengupta, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023 -
Under the new law, One Metro West won’t have to go before voters to get built.
— Michael Slaten, Orange County Register, 25 June 2024 -
Having hit those highs, where else does the young internet icon have to go?
— Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2023 -
That would have to go through Congress and survive the mother of all budget fights.
— Andreas Kluth, The Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2024 -
Much to his relief, Richard Goodman didn’t have to go out in a boat to nab his wide-mouthed quarry.
— Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023 -
Body shaming is a terrible thing, and no girl should have to go through that — or guy.
— Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 27 Apr. 2023 -
Plus your children will not have to go through the tedious process of obtaining a visa.
— Nathalie Goldstein, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024 -
But the Mustangs still have to go out and actually show it.
— Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2023 -
Not all remote employees will have to go back to the office.
— Jay Peters, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2023 -
But those beings, like us, have to go through life prepared to face many huge unknowns.
— Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2023 -
Of course, the duo hit some age- and fame- and schedule- and mean-girl-related roadblocks and have to go their separate ways for a while.
— Belinda Luscombe, TIME, 1 May 2024 -
Tough decisions, and a lot of factors have to go into that.
— Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2024
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