Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the Sussex gentry who had gone to war for religion had to adjust to the need to maintain stability , many of the Puritan clergy could and would not . |
| 2 | The law of the land saw to it that gentry who did not conform to the new religion had to pay for the privilege . |
| 3 | Between 1956 and 1960 the association had to fight for the right to enter the Big Berlin Exhibition as a separate group . |
| 4 | THE Football Association is to launch an inquiry into the crowd trouble involving Birmingham City supporters at Blackpool on Saturday , when police in riot gear had to move into the terraces to part fighting fans . |
| 5 | The government made little effort to conceal a belief that the rural sector had to pay for the development of the urban/industrial one . |
| 6 | The High Priest and his council had to reckon with the Tobiads . |
| 7 | Except in winter , when heavy snow sometimes delayed us and another engine had to come to the rescue , we generally arrived on time at Parma. just occasionally a tram car went off the rails ; perhaps Camera was overcome by the thrill of speed . |
| 8 | She continued to go at night for his fish and chips , and on return had to submit to the smelling of her breath . |
| 9 | Tom Cumming , on account of his religious denomination , said he would not fight in the 1745 Rebellion , but would drive an ammunition cart : Johnson 's point had to do with the difference between religious texts meant to be taken literally , and those intended for general guidance . ) |
| 10 | I mean , my husband has even at one point had to come into the bathroom , when I got my mother stuck in the bath er , could n't get her out , it was , it was him or the fire brigade , tha that was the choice , basically ! |
| 11 | However , the Khmers Rouges opposed the Sihanouk-Hun Sen arrangement , arguing that the SOC had to agree to the UN plan in full . |
| 12 | ‘ Reckon I 'll leave the embassy girls to you then , senator , ’ the Maggot had to shout over the sound of the engines , ‘ and me and Nick will just have to play with each other on account of forgetting to bring our ties . ’ |
| 13 | Then the stupid Shirnette had to come into the toilet , failing about laughing . |
| 14 | However , the document 's final approval had to come from the Pope himself , a task the Pontiff apparently relished . |
| 15 | A chance mention in a letter written in the 820s shows that one card in a Carolingian king 's hand was the existence of a " solemn custom " whereby any recipient of a benefice had to come to the palace in person and ritually " commend " himself to the king . |
| 16 | The kitten had to go to the vet three times in as many weeks and was more expensive than the baby . |
| 17 | According to Mr Gulliver , commercial activity in Glasgow was concentrated in the north side and at some stage , development had to move across the river . |
| 18 | As it was , we were often on a sticky wicket when the rummage crew had to deal with the crane drivers for a smuggling offence . |
| 19 | Mrs Bottomley told them the health service had to move with the times and some closures were inevitable . |
| 20 | In 1987 , the service had to compete for the hospital 's laundry contract for the first time and in 1993 , it will have to submit another tender . ’ |
| 21 | My baby had to remain at the nursing home , as I had no one to look after him , and he was not admitted into hospital because of whooping-cough in the nursery there . |
| 22 | The Land Commission had to work within the framework of the planning system . |
| 23 | So when my father had to leave in the summer he thought fit to send me here to my lord Isambard , to keep me from under my brother 's feet until Isabel 's safely wed . |
| 24 | Part-way through entering the sale on a computer , the sales assistant had to go into the store room to check the identifying number of the machine selected . |
| 25 | The captain had to certify to the Port of Havana medical officer that no-one on board was ‘ an idiot , or insane , or suffering from a loathsome or contagious disease ’ . |
| 26 | Er taking off and sending telegrams , you see , erm then I was told that the Railway Company wer were taking girls on again , so I applied and I had to go to Ipswich to pass two more exams , you see , and er and started work and the in the Catering Manager 's office at Ipswich Station as , as a clerk doing typing and general office work as the Manager had to go on the district . |
| 27 | According to these accounts , as the structure of the economy became more concentrated , in order to defend the logic of the capitalist mode of production , the state had to fuse with the monopoly sector and act against the interests of both the working class and the non-monopoly sectors of capitalism . |
| 28 | From the dawn of consciousness until August 6 1945 , man had to live with the prospect of his death as an individual ; since the day when the first atomic bomb outshone the sun over Hiroshima , he has had to live with the prospect of his extinction as a species . ’ |
| 29 | Above them in the loft the musicians played , though their music had to compete with the noise of the revellers sitting at table . |
| 30 | The fact that the government had to rely on the townsmen themselves to apportion and gather the levies was therefore an additional burden rather than a basis for establishing municipal independence . |