Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The leaders had their work cut out keeping the group together , and one or both had to remain at the back to motivate the slower ones — the most effective method seemed to be carrying their kit , though this tended to be a last resort . |
| 2 | At the same time , while ensuring the blue of sky in front of the camera , I had to wait for the sun to fall on the scene from behind me , otherwise the sparkle of beach and palms would have been lost . |
| 3 | So we 'd fill them and we could n't see anyway , lookin We could n't look down and see , we had to wait for the foreman shouting all the instructions , move left , forward or up or down . |
| 4 | He had to hunch over the wheel to see anything . |
| 5 | Okay Suzanne , now you had to slacken off the halyard to let me tie that last knot so if you could tighten it up again that will pull the sail up to the top of the mast . |
| 6 | And there was an occasion when we were at a chapel anniversary service and Mother had to go on the platform to sing . |
| 7 | Part-way through entering the sale , Mr. S. had to go into the store-room to check a detail regarding the [ number of the ] machine that had been selected . |
| 8 | Part way through that exercise he had to go into the storeroom to check a detail regarding the number of the machine which had been selected . |
| 9 | If I wanted to check the football results I had to go across the road to read Mrs Stewart 's Sunday Pictorial . |
| 10 | ‘ I had to go to the pub to meet one of my contacts . |
| 11 | Oh Just had to go to the toilet did n't I ? |
| 12 | Anyway , when I went to go I had to go to the desk give you a token , this token lifts the barrier up . |
| 13 | And then , after I 've been in the workshops about a month , a foreman , a foreman of Signals came and they said oh we can get you regraded , you have to go to the Ordnance see , had to go to the Ordnance get reclassified . |
| 14 | She said a policeman knocked on the door at 3am , the family had to go to the hospital to identify their son . |
| 15 | ‘ I was one of the richest people in the country , and I had to go to the bank to borrow money to buy my house , ’ recalls Koch . |
| 16 | He had to go through the churchyard to reach the back lane so he counted the houses to be sure of identifying Alfred 's door . |
| 17 | But what I found when I went was I had to go through the psychiatrist to find this group cos it was n't available . |
| 18 | er s er but those occupations that worked shift and had to go round the clock had to have eight hour shifts , three shifts . |
| 19 | She were n't there , I had to go round the house knocking on her door and oh |
| 20 | We had to work with the gallery festooned in paper . ’ |
| 21 | We often had to work through the night to get the stage ready in time , but it was exciting to be in one of the Queen 's palaces at Christmas . |
| 22 | Well you could yeah I guess you I er mean it 's something they had to write into the program to check the version number is n't it ? |
| 23 | I had to rap on the bench to stop you speaking . ’ |
| 24 | One of the girls had to come to the door to call him . |
| 25 | I had to strain over the table to pick up the words . |
| 26 | While the Sussex gentry who had gone to war for religion had to adjust to the need to maintain stability , many of the Puritan clergy could and would not . |
| 27 | Back at her place she offered him a large whisky and then said that she just had to slip into the bedroom to see to a few things . |
| 28 | It ensured lively lunchtimes for the railway workers , especially when Crawford had to jump into the river to rescue a member of the rival gang who had fallen in . |
| 29 | The car reversed into one warden , and then drove at the other , who had to jump onto the bonnet to avoid being hurt . |
| 30 | I had to jump to the cage attached to the crane as my feet were now tied together , the man in the cage checked everything once more and then we were off . |