Example sentences of "i had [verb] [adv prt] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 I still needed money so I had to carry on working the streets .
2 ‘ On the Friday night I had stayed up to watch the late film , and at 3.30am I decided that it was n't worthwhile going to bed as I had to be at John 's house at seven o'clock .
3 After that I realised that — like anyone else — I had to go on earning the money .
4 With that my respondent turned and attacked the ice with such ferocity that I had to step back to avoid the avalanche of detritus .
5 He was a tall , heavily built man , and I had to look up to see the bearded face .
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