Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Part-way through entering the sale , Mr. S. had to go into the store-room to check a detail regarding the [ number of the ] machine that had been selected . |
| 2 | It was in these circumstances that the LDDC had to go to the Treasury for more money in 1989/90 , and again in 1990/91 , and was very successful in getting what it wanted . |
| 3 | I am not sure that I listened to much more of what Didier had to recount on the subject of Montaine 's death . |
| 4 | Some of his fans became involved in fighting and Bulloch had to return to the ring to appeal to them to stop . |
| 5 | Moran began to see how little Maggie had to do in the house and that she needed money for dances and clothes now . |
| 6 | The two men came face-to-face in a New York hotel and Maloney said Lewis came close to ‘ laying out ’ the world champion adding : ‘ Bowe had to duck round the corner . ’ |
| 7 | Anyway , as you know , we were almost brought up in the same bassinet , and , as I made out to Mama just a short while ago , if Isobel had to choose between the horse and me , the horse would come out best . ’ |
| 8 | The IMF had to intervene in the past and in the future it would be the European Monetary Institute . |
| 9 | Millett J had to deal with the argument that it would be a breach of the covenant if the defendant were during the remainder of the period of restraint , to solicit any business of any kind from any company which happened to have been a customer of the plaintiff company during the relevant period . |
| 10 | At least two of the five he had brought back with him were in worse case than he ; and Adam , who had perhaps come off lightest in actual injuries , was by no means to be envied for that , for the same story Owen had to tell to the Prince , Adam was at this moment telling to Gilleis . |
| 11 | Liverpool had to rely on the lottery of a penalty shoot out . |
| 12 | The caller gave the name of a football team and Ubaldo had to reply with the name of the team they were playing the following Sunday . |
| 13 | When speaking to him I made no reference to the writer to the Hebrews , to the apostle Paul , to Moses or to the apostle Peter , but rather I concentrated on what the Lord Jesus Christ had to say on the subject . |
| 14 | Mr de Klerk had to call off the rally and a lunch at which he was to have been honoured , and was whisked away in an official car to nearby Cape Town . |
| 15 | ‘ Suddenly Souness had to start from the bottom and try to build not just from an injury-decimated side , but from one whose senior players were in the most part over 30 and past it . |
| 16 | But when he opted for either of John Hay 's horses , they argued : Johnson had to settle for the grey owned by Laughland Vass . |
| 17 | In October Britain had to yield to the pressure and agree to endorse the establishment under the Brussels Treaty of a study commission on the feasibility of an assembly . |
| 18 | Some builders on what began as prestigious estates in Britain had to compromise with the arrival of the recession , and alter their plans to include cheaper housing . |
| 19 | They laughed so hard that Nathan had to pull off the road . |
| 20 | Christina had to yell at the top of her voice to be heard above the wind , her long hair whipping across her face . |
| 21 | Then the pastry for the tarte , again all mixed by hand , would not lift off the board — which was the only time Eric had to come to the rescue . |
| 22 | On their last night in the house , Peter had to sleep on the floor , which he enjoyed very much . |
| 23 | The position used to be quite clear and is well summed up in what Scott LJ had to say in the wartime case concerning the soap flakes : |
| 24 | ‘ Ma certainly did n't bother to display my final report anywhere , ’ was all Daphne had to say on the subject . |
| 25 | The train had begun to move before she imparted this piece of information and Robbie had to run along the platform . |
| 26 | To advance Japan had to learn from the West and drop at least some of her former respect for China . |
| 27 | ‘ Wonder if there 's an ‘ alf good fence to be found in Glasgow , ’ was all Tommy had to say on the subject . |
| 28 | The whole exchange had been conducted in low tones so that they could not be overheard , but the bar was empty ; even the landlord had found business elsewhere and Wycliffe had to rap on the counter when he went to replenish their glasses . |
| 29 | Wednesday had another scare when Nigel Worthington had to head off the line . |
| 30 | The merely mortal Kevin Keegan had to suffer with the rest of us as Newcastle laboured to break down Barnsley 's proficient five-man defence . |