Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun prp] had [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Mr Smith looked at some of the papers on his desk for a moment , " … ah yes , Mr Partridge had to go to hospital for a tetanus injection and stitches after you struck him with a shovel .
2 In 1706 , after his victory at Turin , Prince Eugene had to interfere in person to prevent a general massacre of the French wounded by the imperial forces ; and after the battle of Zorndorf in 1758 many of the wounded Russians left on the field were buried alive by Prussian soldiers and local peasants .
3 In 1932 , the young hopeful Graham Greene had to pay for part of Stamboul Train to be reprinted after J B Priestley had objected to ‘ Mr Savory ’ , a pompous writer of potboiling sagas .
4 Mrs Hobbs had to rest before dinner .
5 That means Newry 's Errol Lutton , who got a late call to Poland after Ger Burns had to withdraw through injury , keeps his place , a further chance to establish himself as a regular in the international set-up .
6 On 18th December 1865 Henry Oakeley had to send for coal etc. to Montgomery Station : by 22nd January 1866 he was noting ‘ Sent for a load of coal to Bishop 's Castle Railway Stn ’ , and on 29th January 1866 ‘ Sent to Bishop 's Castle Railway Station for a cask of cider ’ .
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