Example sentences of "[coord] had [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But war was under way again in southern Angola , the team faced obvious difficulties and had to rely on information from the Angolan government . |
| 2 | In 1315–17 he designed a wall to be built around the royal manor of Eltham , Kent , and had to act as surety for the contractors , whose faulty work necessitated its rebuilding . |
| 3 | But Wohlfarth had expended all his torpedoes and had to watch in anguish as the huge aircraft carrier , without a protective destroyer screen , slid past him . |
| 4 | The fog exacerbated his emphysema : he was short of breath , found it difficult to walk very far , and had to stay at home in seclusion . |
| 5 | But the next day I fell ill , and had to stay in bed for three weeks , which was very unusual for me . |
| 6 | In these years the Unitarians were forced out of the Dissenting Deputies and had to fight for control of their chapel property against other dissenters ; tensions and fractures recurrently emerged within the Society of Friends . |