Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [pron] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got about six sentences too deep in our conversation for her to institute personal questions about my background , without appearing offensive ( she had to treat me as a person now and not a peon ) , even for Asians who delight in asking pertinent questions as to age , income , etc. , unthinkable for more backward Europeans . |
| 2 | The police had to tow him to a lay-by or something , or to the side cos erm it just cut out and that was it ! |
| 3 | a very able man in business matters , but unfortunately lame ; he had to support himself on a crutch , in addition to which the dark glasses he wore to hide some defect in his eyes , did not improve his appearance ; altogether it always struck me that the prominence of position he seemed to claim was undesirable . |
| 4 | And then , suddenly , I had to see him as a MAN — my husband ! |
| 5 | There may be economies in using higher educational facilities as locations for events and academics as consultants ; and some of these resources may be cheaper than they would be if the company had to provide them as a call on the payload . |
| 6 | Spid I remember when me and my Mum had to catch one in a fishing net and throw it down the toilet cos my Dad were n't there and it was about that big ! |
| 7 | Finally , he had to hide her in a cellar . |
| 8 | Streets which had looked short on the map seemed endless when one had to walk them with a suitcase . |
| 9 | He stopped again and we had to flatten ourselves against a wall as a Post Office van mounted the pavement to avoid an illegally parked British Telecom van . |
| 10 | Well again , I , I , I had to do it as a kid but I did n't afterwards but er , I er , tell you about this chap and I even went back and told him . |
| 11 | You had to do it through a priest . |
| 12 | Six months ago Teresa Leinin had to put them on a plane to the United States after the High Court ordered they must be sent back to their American father . |
| 13 | Obviously he had to put it in a letter . |
| 14 | King Francis became so rotten that when they took his corpse to St Denis they had to put it in a lead coffin . |
| 15 | In Nanking also , they had to build them as a safety measure , but they have either been dismantled or moved out of sight . |
| 16 | Her children had to love her from a distance — |
| 17 | When I first went to see Timo Metsola I had to represent myself as a reporter from that magazine . |
| 18 | These moral issues , which troubled those who wished to enjoy the company of animals but felt they had to judge them on a set of human values , have caused less concern in recent years . |
| 19 | If anyone wanted to marry her , they had to beat her in a race . |
| 20 | And er it was er we had to develop it from a poorhouse into an old folks ' home . |
| 21 | We used the police telephone boxes when we were locking somebody up and you had to handcuff them to a railing while you rang up for the van . |
| 22 | In the end I had to take it to a skid pan to see how far it would go before it eventually lost its cool The answer was as far as its steering lock would allow . |
| 23 | Yanto Gates was not given to quick decisions or mad impulses , but the girl in reality matched his dreams of her so perfectly that he had to take it as a sign . |
| 24 | In one incident a police officer had to defend himself with a truncheon against a girl threatening him with a piece of broken glass . |
| 25 | ‘ They had to move them in a hurry when my people started going through the district and it was just intended as a temporary hiding-place . |
| 26 | It was through a family connection , I think — anyway , as expected , she never had to ask me for a reference . |
| 27 | And up in the cellar , after the shooting , we had to make them to a brace like that , a cockerel and a hen . |
| 28 | Two laboratory studies which attempted to assess the effects of real-life stresses on dreams used patients either awaiting major surgery or undergoing group therapy , in which they had to prepare themselves for a session devoted entirely to their own problems . |
| 29 | Er we also had one very large , cumbersome machine which carried things like lighting and breathing apparatus , and heavy lifting gear and all the other bits and pieces of rescue equipment , which came along in slow time , now that has been improved upon no end , and they 've got a very modern equipment now for that , erm er modern in the sense that new , new pieces have come on , cutting equipment with hydraulic jaws which er just slice through the top of a car roof , whereas we had to cut it with a hacksaw perhaps , or , or another metal saw , we , these can be done with just like cutting through cheese . |