Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [to-vb] to the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I had to go to the next yard to fetch Jonesy .
2 I had to write to the next of kin .
3 I had to escape to the nearby wilderness of mountain and ice , to live out my days among chamois and eagle , which were being hunted as avidly as I.
4 To see The Egyptian , I had to walk to the other end of town , to the Essoldo .
5 The next day we had to report to the huge , ugly , frightening , hideous abattoir man who , in case you did n't know , lives , actually lives three streets away from us !
6 They said me and him had to go to the social security the next morning , and if he did n't he 'd be picked up .
7 Their lower status is shown in the customary services and goods they had to supply to the main caput — services including building and maintaining the lord 's hall , bower , and possible defences , and goods rendered including lambs , wool , cattle and honey .
8 Each sect accused the other of wishing to observe the prescribed religious festivals at the wrong times , although in practice they had to keep to the same dates .
9 It had to come to the nightly struggle with the big glass , like the struggle with Proteus , who must be held no matter what form he takes , bull , bear , fox , fire , water .
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