Example sentences of "[pron] had [prep] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If I had to just put put it out and nothing else I would n't mind . |
| 2 | I had to consciously tell myself what I was going in for and not to use the trip downstairs as an excuse to have a ‘ little ’ rest on the sofa after my thirty-four minutes of hard work . |
| 3 | Finding things the reverse , at first I had to consciously think switch down for slow down . |
| 4 | ‘ It was like a scene in some stricken Bosnian town where people were scavaging for food , ’ said Bernie today , ‘ Demand is just unbelievable — I had to eventually leave my own telephone off the hook at midnight in order to get some sleep . |
| 5 | I had to eventually sort it out after a few sorta threats off the bank . |
| 6 | I had to practically bite my knuckles to keep my hands off you for the last three weeks , and I did it because of your innocence ! |
| 7 | I had to practically draft the report myself ! ’ |
| 8 | I 've personally had problems with one doctor cos he was out of date , he was n't you know , was n't aware of some of the treatments and I had to actually enlighten him to some of the the treatments that was available for people ! |
| 9 | I , I had to really stop meself . |
| 10 | Although all my aids had to work in unison , I had to really concentrate on being able to work them independently of each other . |
| 11 | And that was a sort of a last minute cancellation , and I had to really persuade her to go . |
| 12 | If I had to personally choose from the combos available in this price range then I really ca n't think of anything that offers better solid state and valve sounds than this , with such an obvious stamp of credibility into the bargain . |
| 13 | For a moment , even while she continued to dispense tea and wads , she fell into the void of loneliness that seemed forever gaping at her feet and from whose edge , time and again , she had to forcibly drag herself back if she wanted to survive . |
| 14 | Until she proved otherwise she had to constantly bear in mind that he might be the enemy . |
| 15 | Rachel found she had to almost bite her tongue to prevent herself making some comment . |
| 16 | She had to almost trot to keep up with his long-legged , impatient stride , which was a novelty considering that usually she had to slow her pace to accommodate others , even men . |
| 17 | Collecting together the bulky bags , she had to half drag them along to the exit because they were far too unwieldy for a mere five-foot-one individual to carry . |
| 18 | of course he got all upset so she had to then mess about and try and get him to sleep , which apparently she did |
| 19 | The final connections into the East German telephone cables were made by John Wyke , MI6 's top technical expert , who had to carefully splice in the connections so that the East German operators would not notice any change in line quality or impedance . |
| 20 | On the other page yeah it had a picture of like this chart yeah and it had the picture of a grapefruit in all this sharing , you had to just draw that . |
| 21 | Our music was really ‘ out there ’ , but it was n't something you could stuff down people 's throats ; you had to really want to hear a lot of guitar if you wanted to listen to our records ! ’ |
| 22 | Well shipping Angus , so you know when the dredgers go on er er er creeping ahead , see we used to have er what we call the head wire there used to be a wire which was all stretched out say about half a mile and what you s and erm and all according what erm how much mud you were dredging for the depth of water and then my father would give the signal to say right , cos on the , on the head wire used to have a pull , we call the pulls and they were like er a jutted piece off the wheel and he 'd say five pulls ahead and we 'd say one two three four five right and we went ahead with it and then when we were dredging sidewards you see , used to sidewards , you never went ahead with it , not all the time you c you went sidewards across the river , and erm once you got ahead your side chains they moving up cos you got so far ahead th that the side chains were n't much good to you , so you had to then move your side chains so you got a little off the mud in an old boat and then re further up the river . |
| 23 | You had to then notify the public at least twenty f twenty four I , no fourteen days before it was due to come in . |
| 24 | So I decided the first thing we had to do was define the difference between lead gear and bass gear , so we had to completely change the look . |
| 25 | As a result of the huge curiosity our stance aroused , we had to continuously explain and defend our politics . |
| 26 | We also had a polyester business where we had to both change the technology and the products if we were to win . |
| 27 | And I think a lot of the things to do with the way we viewed men were to do with women experiencing profound and debilitating sexism within all those respective movements and this is why we had to really re-think things in a radical way and I 'm very proud of that . |
| 28 | We had to really clump him to get it out of his mouth . |
| 29 | For a lot of melodies and solos , we had to really develop the guitar parts because there are no vocals , and so we rented a lot of stuff from a place in Los Angeles called Andy Bruaer Rentals and he 's got an amazing selection of amps . |
| 30 | We had to constantly move when I was a child , from one house to another , one district to another , always trying to find cheaper houses . ’ |