Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [adv prt] of the [noun] " 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 I had a kind of ear infection which caused giddiness and I had to come out of the West End play I was appearing in at the time , The Rose Tattoo .
3 Torrance almost had to pull out of the Lancome Trophy at St Nom La Bretesche when a foot disorder he has had for some time flared up during the final round .
4 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 .
5 Last season it became so inflamed that he had to pull out of the Carolls Irish Open at Portmarnock .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 I had to stare out of the window .
9 ‘ Maurice only had to walk out of the Ibrox ground and the abuse he took was amazing .
10 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 .
11 Erm I had to wriggle out of the scrum
12 I had to wriggle out of the scrum , right , good
13 Once Richards had to dive out of the way as Tribe , twisting and stretching in his straps lurched across the formation .
14 He had to get out of the school .
15 I had to get out of the business .
16 In fact , when he drove us home he was in such a state I had to get out of the van .
17 Wycliffe was alone and he had to get out of the car to rouse a sleeping dog in the roadway .
18 ‘ 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 ! ’
19 She suddenly knew she had to get out of the house .
20 Tracey Anne McLaughlan told Sheriff David Smith : ‘ He said I had to get out of the house , that Mr Kelbie was riddled with AIDS .
21 Harper had to drop out of the race with badly blistered feet after completing 80.53 miles .
22 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 ’ .
23 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 .
24 Chris said she laughed and he had to rush out of the house or he 'd have killed her … .
25 I once had to step out of the water with 5½ stone of weights on me , and it was then I resolved to diet .
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