Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The main problem was that we had to do it with a RELIANT ROBIN three wheeler car , looking remarkably similar to Del Boy 's . |
| 2 | And obviously we would want to take money out of reserves , our original amendment took one point three million pounds out of reserves and it 's interesting to see now that you 're suggesting almost that figure again and yet for years you 've been telling us you ca n't take this money out of the reserves , er you know we had to keep it for a rainy day . |
| 3 | The water was rising all the time , and we had to seal him inside a waterproof bag and drag him through the sump . ’ |
| 4 | He had to pay it into a blocked bank account . |
| 5 | Then I had to take him to a big detached house divided into flats . |
| 6 | Kate 's expression was hardly conciliatory , and he had to remind her in a fierce whisper that he was an important sponsor , so that she allowed herself to smile and be polite . |
| 7 | Five or ten minutes by there , and getting introduced to all the old colliers that were in the same manhole , that we called it : I started down then to follow my father ; and I had to follow him like a little dog , all the way . |
| 8 | He was exceedingly malicious and the gods had to restrain him with a magic chain , named Gleipnir , forged from : |