Example sentences of "had to have [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had decided that I had to have a partial confidant at the school . |
| 2 | However , he had to have a close feeling of empathy with the horse in the first place to be able to transmit the mental idea . |
| 3 | James Sandoe , a fine American critic of crime fiction , once said of the typical private-eye that , although there was no specific reason for it , somehow he always had to have a shabby office with " shabby restaurant nearby serving leaden eggs and greasy bacon " . |
| 4 | I always looked for the sounds ; whether it was musically correct or not did n't bother me , but it had to have a certain sound to it . ’ |
| 5 | Bracewell , who received the injury in an accidental clash with Gavin Peacock in the derby game at Newcastle last month , played in the FA Cup semi-final victory over Norwich City , but missed the midweek defeat at Leicester last week when he had to have a slight blockage in his nose cleared . |
| 6 | He had to have a long swig of Bell 's to shift it . |
| 7 | The King 's Men had to have a new play for a special day like that . |
| 8 | He had to have a new battery for it , and two of the tyres were n't legal . |
| 9 | It would n't do just to have straight furrows : a good ploughman also had to have a good top to the stetch — the furrows lying all flat and even . |
| 10 | If you were asked which club it was , you just had to have a good reason for choosing it . |
| 11 | The hazard of this diet was that patients had to have an alternative source of energy so they turned to fat . |
| 12 | It was not until 1868 that every train travelling more than 20 miles ( 32 km. ) without stopping had to have an efficient means of communication with the guard and driver . |
| 13 | She only had to have the usual amount of arms and legs and to be able to see where she was going . |
| 14 | ‘ Because he would have had such a responsible job , he had to have the absolute backing of both countries and he clearly did not and would have been in an impossible position . |
| 15 | I once had to have the gnomic response of one respected editor of a major journal interpreted for me by a senior colleague . |