Example sentences of "they had [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the one hand some teachers saw the process as a hindrance — as something they had to do for the LEA and which would have little consequence for themselves . |
| 2 | In truth , there were those in the American camp who admitted that they had to bow to the Europeans where the Solheim Cup uniforms were concerned . |
| 3 | They had to rely on the stars instead . |
| 4 | To do this they had to trespass on the plaintiff 's land . |
| 5 | Perhaps they were justified in recalling early days in makeshift cinemas and perhaps they had to mingle with the masses as they went in search of Chaplin movies , but they must have been aware that prestigious down-town and suburban theatres were now largely being patronized , not exclusively by a lumpenproletariat , but rather by a mix of social classes and perhaps above all by young people who were moving up the social scale into more respectable occupations . |
| 6 | In the end they had to go over the Bishop 's head , obtaining the authorization they wanted from the Pope . |
| 7 | like , you know at that age I knew they had to go across the sea . |
| 8 | And so er they had to go to the workhouse you see and I can see it now in this er this cobbled street and this er cab er drawn by a horse of course , hansom cab . |
| 9 | They consulted their street map but , before they could work out their route , the little girl told them that they had to go down the hill , over the bridge , past another church , turn to the right and they would come to the church for which they were looking . |
| 10 | Wh while you 're on that madam chairman , I 've had two persons er contact me as regarding , you know playing field and er it 's a no go for dogs is n't it , and th and we therefore the people have mentioned they had to go down the side of the playing field onto the onto the old , and er have we an obligation to er to pave not pave it but er make it , it 's a very steep bank , a very steep old ladies dare n't go down , and they know they 're breaking the law by taking the dog in the in the er recreation ground , and I just wondered whether we had an obligation to er . |
| 11 | Well they could n't let me in , they had to go by the door . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm told the front rows in the Moore tragedy were so close that they had to bend at the waist to get in ’ , said Akpata . |
| 13 | There had been no retaliation by the MacIans , but they all knew they were ready for it if any had come , and who to thank for the readiness ; and no-one mentioned who they had to thank for the threat . |
| 14 | They had to relieve on the wards too . |
| 15 | and erm , then of course when they reached Felixstowe , everything was a bit chaotic because th they had to sleep on the floor in the schools down there |
| 16 | Crucially , Realism provided a justification for the kind of foreign policy which the leaders of the USA felt that they had to undertake in the period immediately after the Second World War . |
| 17 | With luck the senior Girl would tell them precisely what they could or could not do , and when they had to return to the Club . |
| 18 | During the study days , the patients were fully ambulatory and could follow their preferred daily routine except that they had to return to the laboratory for their meals . |
| 19 | Their clothes were locked away so they had to remain in the dormitory . |
| 20 | But they had to take on the worry of people that could n't pay them . |
| 21 | As he explained when I met him , he became so angry when he read what they had to say about the Princess that he wanted to ring the editors and complain , but realized that , rather than spending every day on the telephone , a simpler solution was to stop reading them . |
| 22 | They could n't be very quick because there was no electric light upstairs and they had to manage with the candle Carrie was holding . |
| 23 | International Championships … they missed out on a certain double when they had to scratch from the Paris International regatta due to an illness to Pinsent . |
| 24 | The justification for reserving this not uninfluential role to a small number of wealthy , landed families was that since they had to act as the Queen 's hosts when she visited the county , they needed a house big enough to accommodate her and her entourage . |
| 25 | He also stated that subversion had its roots in social injustice and that while he trusted the armed forces , they had to act within the Constitution and to respect human rights . |
| 26 | Alexandra wondered if there was a feature in it : successful younger women , the varied careers it was possible for them to take up these days , the chances they had to rise to the top in their chosen professions , whether or not those professions were less orthodox than the ones chosen by their male counterparts . |
| 27 | He says that first the farmers set fire to the road , then they had to get through the drivers ' blockade . |
| 28 | Somehow or other they had to get beneath the certainty and feed the seeds of doubt . |
| 29 | On one occasion a team of five men went down into the tunnels for which purpose they had to pass through the line of empty stabled cars . |
| 30 | The male chimps hunted with spectacular success , catching a big colobus monkey , which they had to bring to the ground to eat , rather than remaining in the trees as they usually do . |