Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] had [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's actually back at the working class Blackburn Rovers he managed before that , where he had to scrape for money and look for bargains . |
| 2 | Food was short and for two days I was kept running round trying to buy up supplies , with the result that I had to retire to bed with blistered feet . |
| 3 | It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening . |
| 4 | Quite apart from the sheer mystery of all that I had to behold on arrival at an up-to-date operational station . |
| 5 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
| 6 | Once we had a goose but Mother was so ill that she had to go to bed after she had roasted it . |
| 7 | Soon after I got my English A-level , mum learned that she had to go into hospital for quite a long time . |
| 8 | Paula Yates , for instance , admits in an interview in Woman magazine that she is so thin that she had to put on weight before she could become pregnant . |
| 9 | Nowhere is it suggested that she had to convert from paganism . |
| 10 | Liz was humiliated by this , rather than enraged , but she knew that she had to qualify in order ever to be free and accepted the conditions . |
| 11 | Two slotted benches occupied most of the space and they were high up so that you had to sit with neck bent or smash your head against the ceiling . |
| 12 | In the 1950s , as in the inter-war years , it seemed that you had to choose between socialism and economic internationalism . |
| 13 | That were just the temporary passes for the motorway that we had to return to department . |
| 14 | ‘ They found us everywhere so we had to stay under water nearly twenty-three hours a day , and the air was so bad you had to lie down and sleep so you did n't use too much of it . ’ |
| 15 | One suburban Anglican church in Surrey , England discovered on doing this exercise that they had to gain on average thirty-four new members each year just to stay where they were in terms of membership , such was the high level of mobility in their community . |
| 16 | My responsibilities vanished but I think they suspected that if I were sacked there would be a public fuss so they had to proceed by stealth . |
| 17 | He did so now , read it , and was so disturbed that he had to drop into Cat 's Coffee Shop to sit down . |
| 18 | The Englishmen gave Paddy a good hiding and made him so he had to stay in bed for a week . ’ |
| 19 | I walked in and there were twelve fellas sitting in this room and I had to sing in front of them all . |
| 20 | And I had to drive to Mould oh ! |
| 21 | ‘ What happened was this : a dog ran out in front of me as I was leaving the car park , and I had to swerve in order to avoid it . |
| 22 | One thing is certain though ; if I had to choose between touch legering and swing-tipping for all my fishing , the swing-tip would be second choice . |
| 23 | But in saying that , I , I would n't of minded if I had to go to college full-time cos I enjoyed it . |
| 24 | I 'd go crazy if I had to wait until supper . |
| 25 | If I had to undress in front of them , I 'd be wondering what they were thinking about my body — ‘ Do they think I 'm anorexic , or just plain thin ? |
| 26 | Would you have difficulties if your tank burst and you had to claim on insurance for the resulting damage to furniture and fittings ? |
| 27 | The furniture you got was just little bits and pieces you could get hold of , and you had to go into debt for it . |
| 28 | Oh goodness , yes for the damage and you had to go in front of the Harbourmaster . |
| 29 | So i it was n't a very easy thing then to get them and as I say you 'd be preparing a fare increase which , perhaps a ha'penny on certain fares and a penny on fares above a certain range and you had to allow for depreciation , or resistance in the public travelling but er as long as you could always bring in a little extra from a fare increase it was worthwhile going forward . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , she … she told me that you were n't well and she had to stay at home . ’ |