1.He wanted to have me do that, but I had something more important to do. 他想叫我做那件事,但我有一件更重要的事要做。
說明:在「have +賓語 + do」中have是使役動詞,do是不定式做賓語補語,省略了to.在「have +賓語 + to do」中have是「有」是意思,不定式」to do」作定語,這裡修飾thing, to不能省略。
2.Yesterday I did nothing but wait, because I had no choice but to wait.
昨天我除了等待什麼事也沒幹,因為我除了等待就別無選擇了。
說明:在句型do nothing but 或 there is nothing to do but 中,介詞 but 前有do(任何形式時,but後的不定式不帶 to 。but前沒有do(任何形式)時,but後的不定式要帶to。