Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [prep] [art] [num ord] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Weather conditions precluded this , so he had to wait for the next scheduled plane from Wick to Kirkwall . |
| 2 | Indeed it is a feature of this scene that the tension is kept up to the very last pizzicato , and of course it is no accident that Britten , when he made the concert version of the fourth interlude , had to jump to the last two pages of the act to get his conclusion . |
| 3 | ( ‘ The first assistant director , ’ he says when I query his qualifications for the role , ‘ just had to shout at the second assistant director . ’ ) |
| 4 | The following year Calero looked like getting in the Ryder Cup side , but he had to finish in the first two at York ( Benson and Hedges International ) . |
| 5 | Hunt had to finish in the first three to win the title . |
| 6 | He desperately needed a drink but he knew he had to get through the next little while — ten minutes , half an hour , an hour — completely sober . |