He seemed to her a man who was used to avoiding having questions asked of him.

"It's the only way you can avoid having to take the risk."

There wasn't any way to avoid having the details made public.

Then he turned down the radio to avoid having it heard.

Let's try to avoid having it come to such things.

Most people avoid having to sit for longer than 15 or 20 minutes.

To avoid having to watch her, I tried the local wine.

But I would like to avoid having to make such a choice.

He'd killed the man to avoid having someone directly at his back.