Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] they had [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They walked along corridors so narrow that they had to turn sideways , and through corridors as wide as barns . |
| 2 | ‘ Very overrated , ’ he kept saying , and soon they were laughing so much that they had to put their heads beneath the blankets to stifle the noise , in case the farmer and his wife wondered at their hilarity . |
| 3 | They were so poor that they had to grind up the bark of trees to make flour for their bread . |
| 4 | The priests in Jerusalem were so numerous that they had to take turns in performing Temple ceremonies . |
| 5 | Some insisted that the reforms were naturally problematic and they had to support the Party in its efforts to modernise China . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | Or else she could spin out the repair until it was too late and they had to get somebody else . |
| 8 | She has such a good head on her shoulders , ’ they had said , when what they really meant was that whilst Paula was a beauty , she was really very plain but they had to find something good to say about her . |