Example sentences of "[pron] had [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening . |
| 2 | I walked in and there were twelve fellas sitting in this room and I had to sing in front of them all . |
| 3 | I had to carry on walking . |
| 4 | ‘ I had to act as decoy . |
| 5 | So I had to wait in suspense . |
| 6 | I had to wait till dawn to see what I was doing , ’ said Peter , of Taunton , Somerset , who suffered minor injuries . |
| 7 | I 'd go crazy if I had to wait until supper . |
| 8 | And I had to drive to Mould oh ! |
| 9 | Food was short and for two days I was kept running round trying to buy up supplies , with the result that I had to retire to bed with blistered feet . |
| 10 | I had to listen to Radio Suffolk this morning and Debenham was a school mentioned to be closed today . |
| 11 | Well I 'm supposed to have Wednesday mornings that was the arrangement , Wednesday then I had to go into hospital |
| 12 | I had to go about north-north-east , and if I hit the coast in the wrong place I could go first one way , then the other , until I came to the shingle where I had left the dinghy . |
| 13 | Well they , I had to go to Road police station , London , it was quite good , the detective took , took me around that little area and er then when I got ready to collect to take him to Liverpool Street Station , I saw him for the first time , man about sixty one and he 'd got two suitcases , one lighter than the other , and while I was signing for him and his property I said to him , you take that light one and I 'll take the bigger one with the view to getting on the bus to get to Liverpool Street st but the inspector there was very good , he said I 'm not going to oh and I said to you take the light case I 'll take the high one , he said I ca n't carry anything , I got a rupture . |
| 14 | Matron said I had to go to bed early for a fortnight . |
| 15 | But when it got dark , I had to go to bed because I had no light . |
| 16 | Er like such as er like er at er night time before we went , we always used to I had to go to bed early . |
| 17 | And when I was n't with her , like when I had to go to school and she had to stay behind in my bedroom until I came home , she was all I could think about . |
| 18 | But I saw , I went into town yesterday , have n't been into town and I saw er , I 'm just going up past the job centre I had to go to council about me money and I thought well I suppose I ought to make an effort and look in the job centre cos I , I ai n't done because I 've been in catering all the while |
| 19 | I had to go to court , to pay five bob , cos I were riding a bike without a light . |
| 20 | Do you remember when I come home from er Welwyn and I , I had to go to court ? |
| 21 | But in saying that , I , I would n't of minded if I had to go to college full-time cos I enjoyed it . |
| 22 | Then I had to go to hospital for a while . |
| 23 | he passed his eleven plus as it was then and er he went to a school called Regent Street Grammar school in Plymouth and when we moved in here I had to go to Holly House , I think they call it |
| 24 | I had to go for consumption . |
| 25 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
| 26 | I had to go below ground to an office where I spoke to a policeman . |
| 27 | One thing is certain though ; if I had to choose between touch legering and swing-tipping for all my fishing , the swing-tip would be second choice . |
| 28 | I had to sit in silence for twenty minutes with him and the weird Indian music . |
| 29 | Quite apart from the sheer mystery of all that I had to behold on arrival at an up-to-date operational station . |
| 30 | I had to stay at home , but Will told me all about it when he came back . |