Example sentences of "and had [to-vb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they were younger he and Grandma had a little farm and I think that Grandma did not have an easy life with him and had to do a good bit of the farm work . |
| 2 | ‘ We managed to sell it as a going concern , but got next to nothing for it and had to take a massive write-off . |
| 3 | The other man had difficulty starting the machine and had to put a long handle in the front and turn it several times before the engine roared into life startling the children again . |
| 4 | Acquiring the products to be exported from India was not so simple ; the Company directors had to put down the ‘ investment ’ , mostly in silver bullion though public pressure made them include some English products as well , and had to finance a good deal of the running costs of the textile production that they were encouraging . |
| 5 | There were fresh candles to buy , the hire — or outright purchase — of mourning cloaks ; the poor had again to be invited — it was considered worthy and laudable to remember them at one 's death — and had to receive a further portion of the largesse exhibited at the funeral . |
| 6 | Both the Lord Lieutenant and the Chief Secretary were politicians and had to spend a good deal of time in London attending Cabinet and Parliament ; therefore the Under-Secretary , who was a Civil Servant , was the effective head of British Administration in Ireland for most of every year . |
| 7 | But by 1212 he had lost the king 's confidence and favour , and had to offer an enormous fine of 6,000 marks for acquittances for himself and his staff for all arrears since his first appointment as Chief Forest Justice in 1198 . |