Example sentences of "and had [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence the weedkiller train could not be put into the loop and had to remain on the main line , being put right up to the buffer stop because a passenger train was due . |
| 2 | ‘ I voted for Al Gore for Vice President and had to vote for the other fellow to get his ( Gore 's ) name , ’ Mr Clinton told a neighbour as reporters listened in . |
| 3 | The Burrows children were expected to be examples to the other youngsters in the corps , and had to sit in the front seats of any hall they attended , where Captain Burrows could keep his eagle eye on them . |
| 4 | Lake , facing Anne Simpkin , suffered the injury when 2-1 down in the second set and had to retire in the third , giving Simpkin a place in the quarter-finals with a 3-6 , 6-1 , 1-0 victory . |
| 5 | Then it was presented with a list of terminal patients and had to skim off the 25 per cent who would be okayed for resurrection . |