Example sentences of "they had [to-vb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With all the technological genius that can be raised in the USA to produce a B-1 supersonic bomber , they had to settle for a cruising speed of 1.25 times the speed of sound while the routine Concorde bus service across the Atlantic ticks over steadily at fully twice the speed of sound — and anyone who can afford to buy a ticket can experience it . |
| 2 | Once in , they had to dive for a golf ball , put it in a bucket and return to the trapeze to do it all again — fun eh ! |
| 3 | Then they had to stop for a rest because they were so tired . |
| 4 | But they had to wait for a host of their rivals to commit pop suicide before they could begin the job of moulding this new discovery . |
| 5 | But first they had to look for a camp site so Mr was the chief engineer I was employed by him , to have a look round and we discovered Lyness farm to be a suitable place . |
| 6 | The others took it up , humming or singing , and walked in time to it until old Donald got breathless and they had to saunter for a while . |
| 7 | The sums which people paid Maples for furniture were very small compared with what they had to pay for a house to put it in . |