Example sentences of "[noun sg] had [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " 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 government made little effort to conceal a belief that the rural sector had to pay for the development of the urban/industrial one . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | She continued to go at night for his fish and chips , and on return had to submit to the smelling of her breath . |
| 7 | 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 . ) |
| 8 | 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 ! |
| 9 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 10 | Then the stupid Shirnette had to come into the toilet , failing about laughing . |
| 11 | However , the document 's final approval had to come from the Pope himself , a task the Pontiff apparently relished . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The kitten had to go to the vet three times in as many weeks and was more expensive than the baby . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . ’ |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | The Land Commission had to work within the framework of the planning system . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 ’ . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . ’ |
| 25 | Above them in the loft the musicians played , though their music had to compete with the noise of the revellers sitting at table . |
| 26 | She has challenged certain long-established political assumptions : that a government could not be re-elected if it presided over a massive increase in unemployment ; or that a government had to govern with the consent and co-operation of the major interests , particularly business and the unions . |
| 27 | The butler had to go to the housekeeper for articles of scullery , kitchen and downstairs linen . |
| 28 | In many cases the actual amount of information given in the recalls was minimal , limited to whether a subject had to wait at the junction and whether there was other traffic around at the time . |
| 29 | They blocked the pavement and there was this bloody great lorry up against the path so anybody coming down or up the road had to walk into the road or co , cross the road to the other side ! |
| 30 | Once , his helicopter returned so late to Elstree Airport that the pilot had to turn off the runway landing lights himself . |