Example sentences of "had [to-vb] up [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to catch up the axe and hit him with the blunt end , knock him out . |
| 2 | First , we had to set up a structure so we could record all the non-conformances and make sure corrective action was taken . |
| 3 | So the first man in the smithy in the morning had to pick up a hammer and strike the anvil three times — just to let the old man know we were on the job . |
| 4 | Godolphin only had to pick up the encyclopaedia and he was ready to put on his boots and set off for the Dominions again . |
| 5 | They were people with connections , interests , obligations and they had to weigh up the advantages and disadvantages and to take other people and other possible futures into account . |
| 6 | It was only in London they had to keep up the pretence that Buckmaster had nothing to do with his company . |
| 7 | Firemen had to lift up the bus before ambulance officers could try to rescue her , but she died at the scene . |
| 8 | The parents had n't been offered any sort of advice or counselling ; they had all received a letter from Paul Lee inviting them to come and talk to his department , but no one had offered them any information about their children ; if they wanted that they had to ring up the department and ask for it . |
| 9 | and er had to measure up the body because the coffins were made to measure . |
| 10 | Erm and then of course they had to haul up the floorboards and re re-lay a line for the phone |
| 11 | And when the Cabinet Minister admitted he had no ticket , he had to cough up the fare as well as the fine under his Government 's 1989 Act which orders passengers to pay before they travel . |