Example sentences of "[conj] had [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its interest lies in its function as the creed of a reforming élite , confronted with the difficulties of a state-sponsored economic revival in an under-developed economy , a revival that had to contend with the resistances of the traditional structure and the misrepresentations of a peculiarly narrow Catholic conservatism . |
| 2 | And er I got a questionable spot on the lung and had to go to the Ransom Sanatorium . |
| 3 | er s er but those occupations that worked shift and had to go round the clock had to have eight hour shifts , three shifts . |
| 4 | One foggy night she lost her way and had to grope along the bank for some way finally realising that she had circled round and returned to the Halling side by mistake . |
| 5 | Treleaven , from Hayling , only got in as a last-minute replacement when Michael Welch , on EGU duty in Spain , crushed his thumb in a door and had to scratch from the Salver and Sunday 's Hampshire Hog at North Hants , where he should have been defending . |
| 6 | Once into the trees , they lost sight of the sun and the sky and had to rely on the compass to keep them heading in the right direction . |
| 7 | ‘ He was n't , but I told him that Sean 'n' Michael was havin' hard times and had to draw in the reins a bit . |
| 8 | Maximus tried to reconquer Rome but failed and had to call in the help of his British brothers-in-law . |
| 9 | She was weak from post-operative shock , and had to lean against the wall . |
| 10 | He was wearing two pairs of thermal overalls and had to struggle to the surface . |
| 11 | The family 's passive resistance continued right up to the last moment : Zen was not permitted to set foot on Miletti soil but had to wait for the Fiat in the street , beyond the imposing wrought-iron gates . |
| 12 | He beat fellow American and world No 5 Michael Chang 7–5 , 6–2 , but had to wait for the result of the final round robin match in his group between big-hitters Goran Ivanisevic and Richard Krajicek to see if he would get through to the semi-finals of this last ranking competition of the year . |
| 13 | In 1909 , in Faversham , the old were permitted to live with their children in the summer , doing fieldwork and babysitting chores , but had to return to the workhouse in winter . |
| 14 | From the time that I was eight years of age , on coming out from Morning Service , I could not hang about with my friends , but had to dash to the Sunday Newspaper seller who operated a pitch outside Wilkes , Son and Cassey 's Ironmongers Shop on the corner of Milford Street and Queen Street . |