Example sentences of "had to be [vb pp] at [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book tells us mostly about the problems of raising money that had to be done at each stop over . |
| 2 | The necessary appearance of friendship had to be maintained at all times , and patronage continued to flow in the direction of the town of Perth from which the unfortunate Mr. Robinson came . |
| 3 | any displacement of outside motion jobs by inside motion versions was regarded as a retrograde step and had to be discouraged at all costs . |
| 4 | At Great Casterton I had suddenly discovered that this process held a hidden danger and that in the future this had to be avoided at all costs . |
| 5 | Anything near the Harrow Road , or the canal , or Kensal Green cemetery had to be avoided at all costs . |
| 6 | St John the Baptist had to be preserved at all costs . |
| 7 | If her marriage had to be mentioned at all — and she did n't see why it was even necessary , it had absolutely nothing to do with her work as a book illustrator — then at least they could have got the facts straight , and described her as separated . |