Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These cottage front doors were never used — some even had rows of flowerpots across the sill as a deterrent — and Anna had to go round to the back to find a resting place for the magazine . |
| 2 | ‘ Because I only found the portrait — I was only able to identify the man in her diary when I had to go out to the cottage last Saturday . |
| 3 | Nell Anderson said it , knowing that it was hopeless , that Delaney would — had to go down to the engine room . |
| 4 | Sarah was kept busy replenishing dishes , and every time she had to go down to the kitchen she was afraid of missing the Reverend Morey , but he appeared last of all . |
| 5 | ‘ The Welsh name for the bridge over there , ’ said Beuno , gesturing , ‘ means ‘ the place where the milk was spilt ’ because one year the nuns ' cow went dry and they had to go down to the village to beg for some , and they got this far and then one of them dropped it . ’ |
| 6 | Then I had to go down to the station to get somebody and by the time I came back , most of the stuff had gone . |
| 7 | Had to go back to the school — had to sit amongst the probationers , and then after the school , he was posted right from one side of the city to the other . |
| 8 | Then again for reasons of established cultural preference we had to go back to the Audit Commission and ask them to translate £6.358 million into ‘ real men ’ , for we had difficulty in trying to sell such an alien concept to the police mind . |
| 9 | She had to go back to the theatre and see this thing through , for tonight , at least . |
| 10 | Galerie de la Scala fared so well with a mixture of French , North European and Italian drawings , priced at FFr 20,000–350,000 , not always by famous names but always in exquisite taste , that they had to go back to the gallery for more . |
| 11 | The jackets had to go back to the sweatshop , making for an unnecessary and annoying delay . |
| 12 | After lunch we did a bit more skiing and then we had to go back to the hotel . |
| 13 | Resuming at the short fourth hole , he promptly took a double bogey five , leaving a bunker shot in the sand , and then following it with a six at the fifth , where he hooked into some bushes and had to go back to the tee . |
| 14 | I had to go back to the room , as if I needed to tell the place where I lived of my feeling . |
| 15 | had to go back to the doctor |
| 16 | So I thanked Mr. Lennis for his frankness , explained that I had to go back to the bank to deal with some work , and departed . |
| 17 | I , I could feel that I have , I had to go back to the bath to the toilet quite often . |
| 18 | Then she had to go back to the shop to get our fish and chips , so we bundled up the rest of the wood and , as it was dark , ventured out to see if Dad could find some customers for his new business . |
| 19 | ‘ He 's fine , ’ said Comfort , ‘ but he had to go back to the hospital after dinner . |
| 20 | This meant he had to go back to the county party and ask to be put back on their panel of candidates , a request which was turned down on Saturday . |
| 21 | So he placed an order with him for all these , and he had to come back to the factory , reorganize the factory , to meet this terrific order he 'd got for pencils , you see . |
| 22 | ‘ The policeman saw the car coming straight towards him , and thought he was going to be hit , and had to pull in to the side of the road . |
| 23 | So majestic were Forest that one had to look down to the programme to make sure it was n't Robertson and Woodcock and McGovern and Gemmill combining in sweet harmony to carve open Leeds . |
| 24 | ‘ The poor bastard was thrown by his horse and had to walk back to the village . |
| 25 | So we just had to pop down to the Castle in Chiddingstone for a pint or two . |
| 26 | After two exhausting hours we had to give in to the flames . |
| 27 | No sooner had you got used to being able to have the lights on whenever you wanted , than you ( or Dad ) had to trail down to the BP station with a jerry-can in your hand and beg for half a gallon of four-star . |
| 28 | He had to dodge in to the roadside as an open-backed van loaded with milk-crates passed , its brakelights glowing as it slowed to take in the bend . |
| 29 | Crocker had to fly back to the USA the following day , so there was limited time to convert John Allison with the airshow being held the following day . |
| 30 | Gable refused to work further and Metro 's boy-wonder Irving Thalberg had to fly out to the location at Catalina to calm Gable down and persuade him to continue filming . |