Example sentences of "had [to-vb] at the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She unhooked her cloak collar as we had to wait at the outer door of Marcus whilst two porters wheeled out an empty accident trolley . |
| 2 | But there was plenty of time , and they had to wait at the other end of the tunnel . |
| 3 | They and the Carters were to have shared it that year with the computer analyst and his wife , but one of this couple 's children was involved in an accident and they had to cancel at the last minute . |
| 4 | Dozens of beleagured businessmen in the midst of a painful recession were due to hear Michael Hesletine speak at this conference in Oxfordshire , but the President of the Board of Trade had to cancel at the last minute and the delegates instead got a DTi stand-in . |
| 5 | in psychology and chucked in electrical engineering and started a psychology course and he had to work at the same time as he studied for some of that time |
| 6 | They had so many men they had to start at the other end and |
| 7 | Luckily , one of the participants had to withdraw at the last moment and taking her place on the team , I went off in search of sponsors . |
| 8 | Of course , it had n't so far done anything of the kind , and he had to arrive at the best thing to do in the circumstances . |
| 9 | Of course they had to stop at the nearest tavern for Sir John to take refreshment and S over his sword play , step by step , blow by blow . |
| 10 | The knight had to swerve at the last moment to avoid a head-on collision with his opponent , but at the same time he had to couch his lance to his side as tightly as possible with his hand and under his arm so that the lance blow was struck with all the weight and momentum of his horse behind it , for if in swerving aside he moved his hand or used his arm to thrust at his opponent then a blow delivered in this manner would have no effect whatever . |