Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adv prt] of the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they fought the fire until they were finally er had to go out of the tower altogether . |
| 2 | First , the 40ft Southern Cross had to pull out of the race with rigging problems ; Prime Factor was recalled at the start ; and the third boat , Sagacious V , faces another protest which is likely to see her heavily penalised . |
| 3 | Sadly , Fiji , unable to pay the travel bill , had to pull out of the tournament , while the organisers had to chip in a hefty contribution to secure the presence of the New Zealanders . |
| 4 | Enid Nightshade , the new girl who arrived last term and was now their friend , came zooming over the treetops and screeched to a halt so forcefully that her cat and suitcase shot off the back , and Maud and Mildred had to leap out of the way to avoid being run over . |
| 5 | I had to stare out of the window . |
| 6 | And I could n't remember it was forty four and my mind went totally blank and I had to walk out of the exam for over half an hour with a and I could n't remember a thing and went back in . |
| 7 | Erm I had to wriggle out of the scrum |
| 8 | I had to wriggle out of the scrum , right , good |
| 9 | Once Richards had to dive out of the way as Tribe , twisting and stretching in his straps lurched across the formation . |
| 10 | He had to get out of the school . |
| 11 | I had to get out of the business . |
| 12 | In fact , when he drove us home he was in such a state I had to get out of the van . |
| 13 | Wycliffe was alone and he had to get out of the car to rouse a sleeping dog in the roadway . |
| 14 | ‘ I looked for a marshall 's post , but the guy 's glove prevented him pulling out the safety pin in the extinguisher and I had to get out of the car and do it for him ! ’ |
| 15 | She suddenly knew she had to get out of the house . |
| 16 | Tracey Anne McLaughlan told Sheriff David Smith : ‘ He said I had to get out of the house , that Mr Kelbie was riddled with AIDS . |
| 17 | Harper had to drop out of the race with badly blistered feet after completing 80.53 miles . |
| 18 | He ‘ produced his bell and rang it , stating that that was what he did at the time ’ , but the magistrate told him ‘ that he must not think that everyone had to scamper out of the way upon hearing the sound of his bell ’ . |
| 19 | Bobo ran to the back of her cage and Fifi had to scamper out of the way to save herself from being trampled , and then Bobo was storming back with a handful of straw and dung which she hurled at Donaldson before slamming herself into the bars and screaming loudly as they shook . |
| 20 | Chris said she laughed and he had to rush out of the house or he 'd have killed her … . |
| 21 | I once had to step out of the water with 5½ stone of weights on me , and it was then I resolved to diet . |