Example sentences of "[pron] had [to-vb] a [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF I HAD to design a retreat for winter-weary travellers who want familiar hotels but in a different civilisation , I 'd invent Marrakech . |
| 2 | For my additional assessment I had to plan a facility for a chosen client group . |
| 3 | But if I had to choose a hunter for work in a particular type of country I should have a pretty good idea which would be the best animal to pick , though I might not be able to tell you how I went about it . ’ |
| 4 | And then he come in to us then and he says to me I 'm bleeding and I had to get a plaster for him and he |
| 5 | I had to make a life for myself … and thank God I did , even if Douglas appropriated all the things I left behind … pictures , papers and clothes … |
| 6 | EQ'ing helps , but I found that over-correction would affect the lead channel , which shares the same tone circuitry , so I had to accept a compromise for my crunch sound . |
| 7 | ‘ Someone had to make a stand for the egg producers , ’ Mother Catherine said . |
| 8 | She had to wear a brace for many years before she was well enough to walk with two sticks , and I still carry in my mind the picture of her trying to walk around the room and on the landing , hobbling in her iron braces . |
| 9 | Yes so that 's why she had to have a doctor for that one . |
| 10 | If you had to choose a place for a factory making some similar consumer goods , perhaps pop records , which city , on either side of the Pennines , do you think would be best , and why ? |
| 11 | You had to have a reason for going from A to B , or else you were in trouble . |
| 12 | After we went down about a hundred yards , we had to take a spell for me to get used to the darkness underground because the small flame of the oil-lamp was n't showing enough light . |
| 13 | After Peter 's death in 1982 , we had to find a home for our private collection of 20,000 children 's books and comics . |
| 14 | ‘ When we decided to start Headline , we felt that we had to identify a position for ourselves in the market , to persuade agents to bring their authors to us , authors to come to us , booksellers to support us . |
| 15 | He arrived here very late , and they had to find a bunk for him on Rochester . |
| 16 | Originally they had to drop a rank for the privilege of joining . |
| 17 | First they had to prepare a claim for payment for furniture , bedding and carpets from the Department of Health and Social Security . |
| 18 | It had to contain a sanctuary for the clergy , where Mass would be said , a lay part for the congregation ( the nave ) , a forecourt ( atrium ) where postulants and unbelievers could assemble and , in later instances , a martyrium to shelter the relics of graves of the martyr to whom the church was dedicated ( XVI ) . |
| 19 | When she stopped coming to feed the sick cow , he had to find a reason for visiting her . |