Example sentences of "they had [to-vb] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had to settle for three consolation points , leaving them second three points below Gresford . |
| 2 | The dazibao writers regretted the fact that they had to resort to this medium for making their opinions known . |
| 3 | They 're here all this morning , but they had to go for another meeting . |
| 4 | How would hill-walkers cope these days , I wonder , if they had to contend with predatory wildlife as a natural part of mountaineering ? |
| 5 | They had to travel with civilian number plates on the Land Rover , with civilian papers , and out of uniform , so that their military connections would not be known . |
| 6 | Craig Young of the support team says they 're coping very well and in all they 're cycling 1147 miles … running 30 miles and swimming 8 miles … in Scotland they had to run through five foot snow drifts on Ben Nevis |
| 7 | Those who had a reasonable chance of survival received an allowance from the health department of the local authority , but those incurables who needed financial help were made aware of their grim prospects because they had to apply for public assistance instead . |
| 8 | As there is no school for Tibthorpe children they had to walk to nearby Kirkburn , but today the school bus provides a more convenient form of transport . |
| 9 | The investigators knew that within an hour or so of their arrival at the accident site , but they had to work for another year and a half to find out why : |
| 10 | That 's probably why they had to write to each other even after they were married . |