Example sentences of "[pron] had [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge . |
| 2 | I had made it to the door of my flat . |
| 3 | It would be risky , so soon after Paul 's death , but I had to do something to even up the balance . |
| 4 | In fact , the next paper I sent him was called , if I remember rightly , ‘ The Poet — the Public — the Faith ’ , and I had dispatched it to a review called The Green Quarterly , the only recollection of which I have is that it was quarterly and that it was green . |
| 5 | ‘ But I already have an assault charge hanging over me , so in the end I had to leave it to the stewards . |
| 6 | I felt I had to mention it to you , but let this be the end of it . |
| 7 | I had to put you to bed . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You had deliberately led me to believe that you 'd picked up a stranger in Bruges , and naturally I had assumed him to be a Belgian . ’ |
| 9 | We have no choice ; when my father died in nineteen seventy-nine I had to come to an arrangement with the Capital Taxes Office , that , er for not paying the full value of the er death duties on the value of the contents of the house , I had to open it to the public , quite frankly , if then and even more now , if I had to pay the full amount , I 'd have had to sell everything which my family have collected over the last seven hundred years . |
| 10 | One night , long after the senator had chartered Wavebreaker , I had defended him to Ellen , saying that it was not Crowninshield 's fault that he had been born to wealthy parents , and that he had used his wealth well . |
| 11 | When my jealousy put me upon such a vindictive conduct to you I took a bond for the money I had caused you to be troubled for . |
| 12 | ‘ I was under the impression that I had explained it to you . |
| 13 | ‘ Because I had invited him to my house . |
| 14 | ‘ I had to take her to the polo . |
| 15 | Then I had to take him to a big detached house divided into flats . |
| 16 | In the end I had to take it to a skid pan to see how far it would go before it eventually lost its cool The answer was as far as its steering lock would allow . |
| 17 | Maureen said : ‘ I did n't think about them again until that psychic woman asked for them , but it was only after I had given them to her I realized they were n't his at all . |
| 18 | I had given them to Menna when he first left to take up his post . |
| 19 | She said if I found you I had to ask you to dinner . |
| 20 | I had to strap them to my bicycle , which is why they look a bit battered . ’ |
| 21 | I had registered for my classes , and Professor Ruiperez had shown me my lecture-rooms , where I had introduced myself to large classes of students , mixed men and women , with a preponderance of women , as is usual in foreign arts faculties . |
| 22 | From the very start I had advised her to be honest with him but she was terrified he would be so shocked he would n't want her . |
| 23 | At the very least I had expected him to be physically frail and mentally chastened ; a boy worn out by his long addiction and frightened of the criminal charges that hung over him , but instead he came out of the limo and down the dock with the frisky energy of a puppy . |
| 24 | I had expected it to be best for trenching and shaping in the vertical position , but on all but the softest of timbers it failed to supply a substantial cut . |
| 25 | I had expected it to be cold but it surprised me with a suddenness that wrenched my breath away . |
| 26 | I knew I had to bring it to some kind of confession , but saying , ‘ I love you , ’ to a woman who loved another man ? |
| 27 | This steered them away , as I had meant it to , and they talked for a while longer , then fell silent , enjoying the warmth and the view . |
| 28 | But I could n't let go of him , I had to get him to the cops . |
| 29 | Now that I had to get it to the by taxi and she had seven stitches put in the leg and , I had to leave her there for six hours , well then it was a taxi back home , I could n't now I am on income support , but that cost me fifty four pound , ninety five and I am paying that . |
| 30 | I was due to pay my second visit to my surgeon after my operation , and I had committed myself to returning to the Centre for a day visit at the end of October . |