Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't really need to hear the rest , although he had to brace himself to listen . |
| 2 | Then they had to brace themselves to pass the few people standing along the church wall . |
| 3 | Soon after England began their reply there was a bad-light hold-up — probably unnecessary if they had all been wearing Bolle ‘ lifter ’ lenses — and upon resumption , Gooch and Stewart had to brace themselves against a torrid onslaught from Waqar , menace in every step of his run-up , and Akram , who bounded in and flung down something resembling Ivanisevic 's curving left-handed tennis serve , if only 30mph or so less swift . |
| 4 | Lee felt a wave of self-pity in response , so that she had to brace herself with pride . |
| 5 | Whitlock shoved Karen out of the way and had to fling himself on to the bonnet of a BMW as the Mercedes flashed past , missing him by inches . |
| 6 | The second bullet followed almost immediately , this time in front of her , and she had to fling herself the last few feet , landing heavily against the side of the corrugated iron door . |
| 7 | Prior to that time retirement ages for men and women were the same , and this meant that a man retiring at 65 often had to support himself and his wife on a single-rate pension , because on average women were younger than their husbands . |
| 8 | a very able man in business matters , but unfortunately lame ; he had to support himself on a crutch , in addition to which the dark glasses he wore to hide some defect in his eyes , did not improve his appearance ; altogether it always struck me that the prominence of position he seemed to claim was undesirable . |
| 9 | Knowing she had to support herself , they paid her while she trained at the Manchester school . |
| 10 | Edward for his part had to accommodate himself to political and financial realities , and was prepared to compromise with the commons in return for taxes , though he would not give way on the fundamental issue of the right to choose his own councillors . |
| 11 | It was no use comparing yourself with those who never started ; you had to compare yourself to those who went on . |
| 12 | Bracing the lamp with his foot , he jerked the flex out and then had to steady himself as the unstable ground beneath him shifted . |
| 13 | He looked around and felt so dizzy he had to steady himself . |
| 14 | Because , apart from the emotion of the moment , what had made me take this decision was really a kind of pride : I had to see myself as someone who had done the ‘ right thing ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ He had to go himself . ’ |
| 16 | We had to work ourselves , we did the parrot sketch . |
| 17 | Gieves , a business that dates back to 1785 , were above all tailors to the officers of HM Navy , many of whom , the management appreciated , could not afford to buy a good quality uniform , which they had to provide themselves , and pay for it in cash . |
| 18 | They had to provide themselves with powder cans and the loss of any of these items , including drilling jumpers , meant they had to replace them . |
| 19 | We went our separate ways , both recognizing that we had to psych ourselves up for the race . |
| 20 | Her dreams were so vivid while the poem shimmered on her desk — signed , sealed , undelivered — that she had to catch herself from grabbing Lucy 's hands , kissing her right out in the street , holding her close at the end of each day , saying , come home , darling ; grabbing her and flinging her to the floor , ripping her clothes off , sinking into her breasts , fucking her like a sheet of flame . |
| 21 | Their prison was some stables at the rear of a large house , which incidentally , they had to secure themselves . |
| 22 | Director and general manager said the company had to establish itself independently on its own manufacturing base if it were to realise its potential . |
| 23 | Then she had to shake herself ; what was she saying ? |
| 24 | He found it hard to remember whether you had to position yourself on the left or the right side . |
| 25 | Sometimes she had to pinch herself to make sure it was not all a dream . |
| 26 | In any case the following Monday as she scrubbed her sister 's floors this aristocratic Cinderella had to pinch herself to make sure that her weekend was not some idle pipe-dream . |
| 27 | She frequently had to pinch herself with the absurdity of it all . |
| 28 | I had to train myself to deal with people and situations and it 's quite possible — once you make your mind up . |
| 29 | I had to pull myself together . |
| 30 | He had to pull himself up with help from other divers who pulled his umbilical , and anything else they could get hold of . |