Example sentences of "i had [to-vb] [prep] my [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I had only returned from a holiday in Dublin and had n't the price of the airline ticket , so I had to borrow from my mum , ’ said Deirdre , who is the mother of a five-year-old daughter , Emma . |
| 2 | The offence was grievous and innocent , I drove the wrong way round a roundabout , which sounds appalling but there was not a single other car in sight to , in a sense to steer by so to speak , erm but there was one policeman , and he stopped me , and he fined me , and I had to search for my purse , which I had well hidden , this being Italy , erm underneath all the bedding and the tents and the cooking pots , found it in due course , presented him very shakily with these thousand lire or whatever it was he wanted , and , and this is really the point , drove off very shakily too . |
| 3 | But two days ago I had to move to my sister 's old bedroom , because some men are mending my bedroom wall , and last night I heard that whistle again ! |
| 4 | Eventually I accepted that I had to leave without my baby . |
| 5 | During the next three and a half years I often thought of this meal and of the amount I had to leave on my plate because I could not eat any more . |
| 6 | ‘ Why I had to plead for my baby 's life ’ |
| 7 | The next morning I had to give in my notice at the bank — first to the manager at Fontanellato and then , in person , to my boss in Parma . |
| 8 | But by the Tuesday night my throat had all dried up and , though I tried to motor on , I had to take to my bed on the Wednesday . |
| 9 | ‘ Well I have n't heard the official report because I had to go to my board meeting , but if you ask me , Maggie 's dragon did it . ’ |
| 10 | other words I had to get on my bike . |
| 11 | ‘ I had to get to my class . ’ |
| 12 | I had to fight through my career against setbacks like major injuries . |
| 13 | Vic told me I had to suffer for my art . |