Example sentences of "had [to-vb] at [art] [adj] [noun] " 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 | Nevertheless , the farmers had to sell at a controlled price and vast sums were retained by Britain , exporting cocoa for dollars . |
| 7 | Her skin seemed to glow , and she discovered she only had to smile at the male members of the staff and they were immediately more friendly . |
| 8 | Suddenly , people were suggesting charity records for every tragedy that occurred , and while money was raised for worthwhile causes , such as the survivors of the Bradford City fire or the sunken Herald Of Free Enterprise ferry , one only had to look at the ropier ideas for fund-raising to question the motives involved . |
| 9 | The ‘ Penis Landscape ’ controversy fell conveniently at a time when something had to give at the ailing NME . |
| 10 | Knowing that I had to start at a new school in the city , with new people and new teachers , I began to worry all over again . |
| 11 | They had so many men they had to start at the other end and |
| 12 | I had to park at The Three Pigeons I could n't get in ! |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Once they had to stop at a red light , and they heard Donald whimpering . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And they had a system where erm they got this information and they It was that they I think there there was something about the time element , it had to happen at a certain time |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Because when I read the leaflet on that crucial afternoon , it turned out that I could n't start swallowing the pills on any old day : the course had to begin at a particular point in my menstrual cycle . |