Example sentences of "[noun prp] had [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | PLYMOUTH had to survive a spirited comeback from Peterborough last night to earn an FA Cup third round tie at Ipswich Town . |
| 2 | In order to win West Bank allegiance in the face of Israeli and Jordanian competition , the PLO had to find a local partner . |
| 3 | In the second half , the play was very even erm Barry Cooper away on the left , he slipped the ball to Jason Allen who scored number three , Leach had to save a high shot from Nigel Chambers who then conceded a corner doing so , the nearest as they came to scoring , and looked down just at that stage . |
| 4 | Soon Karen had to begin a new notebook . |
| 5 | The game was nearly an hour old before Woods had to make a worthwhile save — from Keane — then Marriott brought off a superb one-handed save to deny Hirst another goal . |
| 6 | Industrialized countries , however , felt that with international economic arrangements increasingly being negotiated through the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , UNCTAD had to find a new purpose . |
| 7 | Publishers such as Ackermann had to employ a considerable body of engravers and watercolourists to keep the work moving smoothly . |
| 8 | Gordon Marshall had to save a dangerous cross from Andy Kiwomya after only five minutes , and seven minutes later the Celtic keeper upended the same Dundee player in the box . |
| 9 | Carrie had to say a tearful farewell to 41-year-old Rourke , who she married in the summer , when doctors ruled she should not have any visitors for 28 days . |
| 10 | In the end , Mr Hurd had to make a joking reference to Mr Clarke 's audacity . |
| 11 | Lost most people with a powerful central theme to their life , Gedge had to adopt an obstinate approach as The Wedding Present became successful and during their two-year relationship , Debbie Kaye felt it made him self-centred . |
| 12 | McGimpsey also won the top singles clash beating pro-bound Francis Howley by 3 and 2 but then Ulster had to survive a determined Connacht comeback . |
| 13 | Carre had to say a tearful farewell to 41-year-old Rourke , who she married in the summer , when doctors ruled she should not have any visitors for 28 days . |
| 14 | Their ambition increased by the movement , until all forty-one were in violent motion , so violent that the Bowl began to move across the table , and Oscar had to take a firm hold of it to keep it from turning over . |
| 15 | A pot of coffee was spilled , and Sara had to get a damp cloth for the trousers of one of the visitors , who was involved in an unwise pretense that he had n't actually been asleep . |
| 16 | Was I not good enough , that Jacob had to take an extra wife , a mere servant at that ? |
| 17 | The white paintwork of the house glittered in the light , its long windows shining , and Jenna had to stifle a bitter cry . |
| 18 | Charles had to sign a legal document testifying to that effect the day he inherited . |
| 19 | George coped very well with Lennie and always kept him happy , but in the end , Lennie 's strength cut off all options and George had to kill a best friend . |
| 20 | But he acted as if he remembered the phrase that Dean Acheson used in the spring of 1947 , in those days of little sleep and many martinis when Acheson , George Marshall and Harry Truman had to convince a sceptical Congress to back containment . |
| 21 | Its pressure paid off , but Whitehall had to find a face-saving formula to cover its miscalculation . |
| 22 | In the tests , Prof Jeffreys had to match a minuscule fragment of DNA from Mengele 's leg bone with blood samples from his son Rolf . |
| 23 | Still , even after signing to EMI The Smiths had to maintain a further year 's recording schedule with Rough Trade . |
| 24 | Then all at once Rachel had to fight a sudden impulse to go and find David , for at that moment all she wanted was once more to feel the strength of his arms around her . |
| 25 | To gain and maintain his hold over the Company Sulivan had to become a formidable politician and he inevitably made many enemies . |