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

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1 The number of times she had had to go to school with no knickers on was nobody 's business , she often told her husband .
2 I suppose if the doctor had got his diagnosis right , then I would have had to go to hospital but it was to be another ten years before I was sent to such a place .
3 She 'd had to dash to HQ Communications , as the Colonel had insisted his coded message go out that evening .
4 Since the Hillsborough disaster , English clubs have had to adhere to safety regulations that are more stringent that anything else in the world , let alone Europe .
5 erm and I wonder if our traditions have disappeared because we have had to adapt to working lives and changes in lives , and I wonder if men have held onto theirs in the face of women being a threat to them in working environments and other aspects of their life .
6 Mr Abe , who was to succeed Mr Takeshita as prime minister before the Recruit scandal intervened , is not a healthy man ; he has had to return to hospital .
7 I should have had to admit to fatigue .
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