Example sentences of "[noun] he had [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Previously , in the eighteenth and seventeenth centuries , a man himself could dress and show how wealthy he was , and when man started going to work he had to wear a respectable , responsible suit ; he had to put across the image of honesty , of , you know , I 'm , I 'm a respectable man , I 'm decent , I 'm down to earth . |
| 2 | In between times during the day he had to take a short ladder , laid across the bike and make sure the lamps were clean . |
| 3 | In the event he had to have a below-the-knee amputation . |
| 4 | When he applied for immigration into Australia he had to undergo a routine medical examination . |
| 5 | Mind you , I ca n't blame Mary : her husband Darnley was so pitted with the pox he had to drape a white veil over his face . |
| 6 | He is always optimistic — last year he had to learn a good line in fighting talk to combat Kocinski 's outbursts . |