Example sentences of "[pron] had [to-vb] at the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to tell at the table . |
| 2 | On reading the Echo report I had to look at the top of the page to make certain that the date was June 1st and not April 1st . |
| 3 | I felt helpless and despairing and suddenly so ill that I had to clutch at the door to stop myself falling . |
| 4 | It was n't that the song had a particular relevance — it was n't about AIDS — but it was a song that I felt was the best way of expressing myself and also the best thing I had to offer at the time . |
| 5 | Ingrid was in fact twenty-nine , which was young compared with Gesner , but not young for a dancer and she found the routines rather a strain , especially when she had to sing at the end of them . |
| 6 | Yeah , folk here just never been out since New Year , then she had to work at the hospital Tuesday , well Bradley said if you do n't feel fit enough phone up and we 'll send a nurse to you I said you 're bloody mental , you ask for everything you get , I said instead of phoning the nurse in , ah but I think Alison told me they both need a good , good bloody feed they do |
| 7 | B. T. When you were going on duty , you had to parade at the station at half past , as a rule — a quarter of an hour before the beat . |
| 8 | ‘ It was very time-consuming — you had to look at the jockey , horse and trainer 's charts . |
| 9 | The boys were big time , but we had to have the sound system , the lighting , the stage — everything had to move at the pace of David 's imagination . |
| 10 | Oh , we had to wait at the border , we had in advance to get visas , and when we got there , things were very simple but nonetheless , we were very well received , and the person that I was staying with , lived in a flat , a very simple flat , but nonetheless , a very pleasant flat . |
| 11 | ‘ I 'm told the front rows in the Moore tragedy were so close that they had to bend at the waist to get in ’ , said Akpata . |
| 12 | I can excuse him for yesterday as he had to leave at the start of the second half to appear on Question of Sport : - ) . |