Example sentences of "had [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had to perform for them with the spotlight on her and she knew that no trick would be good enough . |
| 2 | Doris and the editor auditioned dancers who had to perform physical exercises along with acrobatic dancing . |
| 3 | He was always immaculately presented , exuding self-confidence and charm , and appeared totally detached from the horrific nature of his crimes , which he believed were a ‘ mission ’ he had to perform . |
| 4 | That evening , in the hall , Mariot entertained them with songs , accompanied by the harp , to their enjoyment ; although Ramsay qualified his rapture by some regret that , there being insufficient room in their ingle-neuk for playing the harp , she had to perform outside it , and he was deprived of the nearness which he found so much to his taste . |
| 5 | They had to perform a tracheotomy throat operation to aid his breathing . |
| 6 | ‘ Week in , week out , you had to perform . |
| 7 | After a limited liability company was floated to finance the tour , the New Zealand team set sail knowing they had to perform well and play attractive cricket for the sake of the nervous subscribers back home . |
| 8 | A task she had to perform , a necessity ; an observer could have thought she had been ordered to do this , to sit on that step with her fingers pushing her flesh about over her face . |
| 9 | They had to perform unclean and degrading tasks such as the disposal of dead animals . |
| 10 | had to perform them , it had a remedy over and against its assignee by an express covenant for indemnity contained in the assignment to Mr. Mahmoud in 1986 . |
| 11 | Although from her upbringing it might have been thought that ‘ visiting the sick ’ would be a part of her daily life she had hardly ever — thanks to the Welfare State — had to perform this duty , and then only with her mother or father . |
| 12 | Stefan was very careful not to rehearse any numbers that she and Gesner had to perform together , but she still felt afraid . |
| 13 | This was eventually made doubly plain when each member of my crew took it in turn to brief me on his particular duties , and I in turn had to perform in his position . |
| 14 | But by then she was so inwardly tense at the deception which through love and loyalty she had to perform that she barely noticed the grand buildings as she drove up out of the valley to where the town ended and a tarmacked road through woodland began . |
| 15 | 2 soldiers at the pub had to perform life saving first aid . |
| 16 | Debra Busuttil will never have another baby because after labour was induced for the dead child doctors had to perform a life-saving hysterectomy . |
| 17 | Hogg explained : ‘ We had to perform a balancing act . |
| 18 | For as a girl , she herself had been taken through the world , as through a series of doors , by her young husband , each door opening on to fresh joys and colours and perspectives , and she had exclaimed in delight , followed him , learned , and even afterwards , when the final door had shut , she could retrace her steps , spend a longer and longer time in each place , as in a series of gardens , and gratefully . |
| 19 | I exclaimed — as once I had exclaimed when reading the Electra . |
| 20 | She had exclaimed : |
| 21 | ‘ It 's all bitter , ’ young Tilney had exclaimed . |
| 22 | ‘ Of course it 's Silas , ’ Bertha had exclaimed irritably within five minutes of Lucy 's arrival at the large house nestling among trees and gardens in the most expensive area of Hastings . |
| 23 | Chris had exclaimed when she heard that . |
| 24 | Luce had exclaimed . |
| 25 | By the end of 1939 only 331 of these children had re-emigrated , either to join their parents or relatives mostly in Palestine or the United States . |
| 26 | It was a relief that he did not try to speak , and when they came out at the landscaped clearing with its wooden bench seat overlooking the water she had readied herself to speak first . |
| 27 | He had trawled for views and ideas , as has become his method . |
| 28 | The bath had invigorated her , and she got into bed in better spirits , and opened Gay 's letter , anticipating a good laugh . |
| 29 | Over Maurice 's allegations , Unionists voted under no illusions ; Maurice had indicted Law as well as Lloyd George , and a packed meeting of the UWC under Carson resolved to back the government , not because they believed its explanations but because of their belief in the war . |
| 30 | In May a federal grand jury had indicted former federal housing official James E. Baugh and contractor John B. Clyburn on charges of conspiracy and bribery . |