Example sentences of "you had [to-vb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you had to give a phoney address , could n't you at least have picked something that did n't have a remote basis in reality ? |
| 2 | It all made sense , the relationship between non-Aristotelian logic and the banality of the American way of life : you had to take a detached view of the culture ; you were n't in love with it and you did n't hate it . |
| 3 | Finally , remember that you had to put a considerable amount of effort into learning the skills that you have today . |
| 4 | Er if , if you , if you had , you had to dig a little hole in , in the , in the , by the wall on the , on the pavement like that to hold about sixty four marbles say , and you 'd start off and say , give or give or take give or take as a lawyer , I used to have four marbles , and whoever was taken that was a lawyer of four marbles , I do n't know why . |
| 5 | You had to make a tiny hole to push it through — I 've seen men reported for using them — making a hole in their uniform . |
| 6 | Well I thought you had to get a certain amount |
| 7 | The sergeant was chasing you round and if they came round and saw you coming out of a shop , you had to have a good explanation . |
| 8 | Structured thought which had as its main attributes three themes of course before you had that you had to have a clear objective which helped you to choose what those three themes were , and why why did we choose three as a based on |