Example sentences of "had [to-vb] him [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 There were hundreds of screaming women outside and we had to whisk him down to the underground car park and shut the gates behind him .
2 He neglected all his duties and so there was nothing for it , either we had to wipe him off as a son , which is an impossible thing for a parent to do , or we had to decide the only other course open to us which was to kidnap him and have him de-programmed .
3 Her husband became an alcoholic and they had to put him away in a clinic . ’
4 My master , of course , ambled along like a child and I had to keep him away from the rufflers , those former soldiers looking for easy pickings , the mad Abraham men who danced naked pretending to be insane , the cappers who begged for money and attached horse-locks to the outstretched arms of people stupid enough to give it .
5 She could n't go out and play with the other kids , she had to take him round for a walk
6 Afterwards I had to take him out to the pub to revive him . ’
7 Had to take him home in a taxi and we had to book out for him .
8 They rang room service , then she had to push him off like a young puppy .
9 As soon as they saw a lonely person , they had to drag him off to the woods Jesus Christ !
10 He was in such a state that I literally had to drag him back to the main road .
11 Well no just screaming at the top of his voice , our Ben had to bring him down in the end and give him a drink and start again , even then I had to stay with him until he went to sleep
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