Example sentences of "[adv] had [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I literally had to plunge into the abyss and find out what I could about what they were doing to me , or what they wanted me to do . |
| 2 | It was as she was approaching the last crest before the house came into sight that she suddenly had to stamp on the brakes as a Land Rover came pitching round the hillside . |
| 3 | The people there not only had to cope with the incidents themselves but living down the bad reputation . |
| 4 | YOU only had to walk into the members ' lobby of the Commons yesterday to know what you 'd suspected for days . |
| 5 | It also meant he only had to walk across the Paddock when he went on night duty . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ You only had to look at the faces sitting around the table at base camp to know that they were physically and mentally finished . ’ |
| 7 | They only had to look at the floor of her cockpit to prove that . |
| 8 | Marcus did n't care what Wilson said , you only had to look at the guy . |
| 9 | Gazzer only had to stand in the middle of the towpath and wait as the man approached him . |
| 10 | They only had to wince at the racket for 20 minutes or so . |
| 11 | When I complained , the company said there was a clause on the processing envelope that said if anything went wrong , it only had to pay for the film . |
| 12 | They had missed the track the night before so had to sleep in the bush with but one blanket each . |
| 13 | Oh Just had to go to the toilet did n't I ? |
| 14 | We just had to look for the Motor Caravan Construction Code symbol . |
| 15 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 16 | for the sake of , for the sake of a few bands that we do , I mean most of the bands on the local level are used to playing in pubs so they just had to play on the floor anyway and the rest of it |
| 17 | A plumber came and installed a row of six washbasins in the cloakroom with running water , hot and cold at each , though they still had to run across the playground in all weathers to reach the outside lavatories . |
| 18 | The bill , which still had to pass through the state Senate , was likely to be vetoed by Governor James Blanchard . |
| 19 | The most difficult thing I ever had to do in the cinema was to kiss Christopher Reeve . |
| 20 | In the middle of March , Vance made what he later called " one of the most distasteful recommendations I ever had to make to the president . " |
| 21 | Two thirds of these , however , have a range of less than 160 km ; so the weapons could drop on the alliance 's own territory if it ever had to retreat in the face of an attack by the Warsaw Pact . |
| 22 | The House of Lords could only delay and revise legislation , and in our " disguised republic " the constitutional monarch always had to act on the advice of ministers responsible to the Commons . |
| 23 | ‘ Could be better , ’ came the reply , ‘ you know what my regular trade is like , always had to rely on the trippers out here in the sticks , and who wants to come out here during a Winter like we 've just had . ’ |
| 24 | During a career that started with junk TV through small film roles to her current stardom , Michelle also had to cope with the breakup of her marriage to Peter Horton , the star of American TV show Thirtysomething , which is now screened in Britain . |
| 25 | Slaley Hall , in Northumberland , also had to call in the receivers , development of a new complex at Loch Lomond has also halted while East Sussex National has had its problems . |
| 26 | The frame also had to harmonise with the mount , as well as draw the eye outwards to give the picture a feeling of solidity . |
| 27 | It was not enough that Phoebe should turn up looking like a manual worker — ( 'But , for God 's sake , Maggie , I am a manual worker' ) — and wearing a button on her overalls which said ‘ This facility is under threat from rate-capping , ’ which made boys on buses make obscene jokes ; she also had to take on the maths teacher . |
| 28 | Most chimp activity takes place at least within sight of the ground , but to film all the stages of a hunt , cameraman Mike Richards ( left ) also had to take to the air . |
| 29 | The gang also had to purchase from the mine shop their tools , wooden halts and hilts ; gunpowder , fuze , dynamite and caps — candles too . |
| 30 | Not only were dancing masters expected to follow their own rules of dance but they also had to conform to the rules of the Académie Royale de Musique . |