Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time they had on Mondays and Tuesday we used to sell weekly tickets , so they had to go out in another box on Mondays and Tuesdays . |
| 2 | I thought you had to go off to another room , to a play room to play in the sand ? |
| 3 | It was a marvellous triumph for Price and his caddie Jeff Medlen , who was loaned out last year because Nick had to pull out of this tournament — and he carried the bag of winner John Daly . |
| 4 | After the programme we exchanged a few words , but he had to dash off to another engagement . |
| 5 | The train was electrically lighted , and in order to economise current when the train had to stand by for some time , nearly every lamp was under separate control . |
| 6 | But he had to find out at some stage , did n't he ? ’ |
| 7 | Their first attempt , however , was foiled when they lost the centre leaf and had to walk out at this point . |
| 8 | If you were unfortunate enough to get a bad cook it took a while before the powers that be realised it , so you had to put up with inedible food for weeks . |
| 9 | Reluctantly Elinor said , ‘ I had the same problem with Daddy Billy , but in my day wives had to put up with that sort of thing . |
| 10 | But since there was no other mill , people had to put up with such treatment . |
| 11 | It was well-staged and well-sung ; and even if one had to put up with such seed pearls of wisdom as ‘ Beauty is in a lover 's eyes ’ , it was none the less a serious attempt to deal with the implications of the legend . |
| 12 | After the hearing in the court Alison Draper , who lives near the station , said : ‘ Nearly all the people here are against the festival because of the trouble we had to put up with last year . |
| 13 | So then I had to put in for another grant because he 'd smashed every damn thing . |
| 14 | I spoke later to Jackie , lifeboat secretary , and asked him how many of a crew he had to call on at any time . |
| 15 | If we get first division people I 'll do it a different way to him if I had to end up with second division people and the responsibilities they take on board will very much reflect that and the same surely should happen to the field sales force erm their abilities are reflected in in what sort of activities we give them and by looking at the people we have we then put together a team to most accurately attack whatever we want to do . |
| 16 | Anyway , I had to ring up after two week , ca n't you remember ? |
| 17 | In some places the topsoil had been eroded and we had to zigzag up on loose scree . |
| 18 | In the meantime , though , she had to get on with some work . |
| 19 | She had to get out of this house . |
| 20 | She suddenly knew she had to get out of this car . |
| 21 | She had to get out of this room , out of this house , or she would surely suffocate . |
| 22 | By the time we eventually turned to starboard and headed off towards the UK I was most anxious to get home : I was to be the best man at a wedding that day , and I had to get back before high noon , When the dawn really appeared we were lying very sedately over ( and we were not aware of it at the time ) Belgium . |
| 23 | Cos that 's why they had to move out of this house in the first |
| 24 | Because of the circumstances under which most replacement gutters are fitted , however , they may not join up as beautifully as you 'd like , which may mean that they need more regular cleaning — but do n't rush to criticise your builder — it probably was n't his fault if he had to join up to existing work . |
| 25 | Conservative Ministers were , then , no more able than Gaitskell to hold back the rising tide of demand for electricity , which , if the system were not to break down and new connections to be refused , the Boards had to follow up with new investment . |
| 26 | and er with my son particularly earlier on in his career things were going round and round in circles and in the end I had to step in at one point , grab all the papers as they came past as they were and saying , come on . |
| 27 | But she had to step down at one stage because she herself won the top prize of the day — and could n't present it to herself ! |