Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] they had [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Corridors that sloped down more and more steeply , so that they had to sit and shuffle down the last few metres . |
| 2 | The steps led downwards , there were crumbling stone walls , so that they had to clutch at narrow ropes sunk into the wall at intervals . |
| 3 | He used to pop out and use a pay phone , ringing publishers at awkward times like lunch time so that they had to ring him back . |
| 4 | At night , as they huddled round their fires , the people would murmur about the evil spirit who kicked holes in their kilns so that they had to buy their bricks from Dai Huang . |
| 5 | And dear old Sambo had provided more amusement by purloining the turkey , so that they had to eat the bread-sauce and chestnut stuffing without their raison d'être ! |
| 6 | He went on , more to her father now than to her , in his light drawling voice she had to listen to in church every Sunday of her life telling them all what was what because he had the God-given power to do so and they had to listen and obey . |
| 7 | They had four days together before they had to leave for Estoril and the pre-race qualifying sessions , and by the end of them Kate had to admit that the naïve dreams she 'd had of becoming irresistible to this man were exactly that , and extremely unrealistic into the bargain . |
| 8 | He said the Government had failed to understand the depth of feeling amongst unionists , especially as they had to share the council chamber with Sinn Fein . |
| 9 | David Speedy 's goal enough to get all three points for Leicester and I think on the balance of play they just about edged it but Forest put up a marvellous performance in the second half especially when they had to make er changes and things did n't go well for them . |
| 10 | Thus while first-class patronage was encouraged , and more businessmen complained bitterly that they had to go first-class in order to enjoy their British breakfast , more humble individuals who merely wanted to enjoy the view from the train were not so generously treated . |
| 11 | Their clothes were locked away so they had to remain in the dormitory . |
| 12 | Not that they had to mind . |
| 13 | Two of my other men came running over and they had to pin me to the ground . |
| 14 | They first hit on this method because they were suddenly deprived of their darkroom , shortly before they had to prepare a show . |
| 15 | And the police up on the railway embankment when they walked home from school , and the tunnel fenced off so they had to go the long way round . |
| 16 | Ca n't tell you how long a journey it was back in the fog from Liverpool that day , and then when we were relegated back again to the third division it was on the last match of the season against Charlton , and the heavens opened and a big thunder storm and it just flooded the pitch and the referee just called the match off and they had to play it again the following Friday and Charlton ran out two-one winners and Walsall finished with nine fit men and still that 's the football I suppose . |
| 17 | other things had gone up so they had to put the fares up , but I mean that 's , you can nae tell me that that 's right |
| 18 | Or perhaps he cheered up and they had to get rid of him . |
| 19 | One third of them also admitted they would drive more carefully if they had to buy their own cars and pay all the running and repair costs . |
| 20 | I mean he 'd ha he had a pack up but they had to have money to buy ra |
| 21 | It did seem that the main force squadrons in other Groups had more casualties than we did , partly because they had to cope with fully awakened defences , gun and searchlight crews as well as fighters , after PFF had done their job , and perhaps also because they had a higher proportion of new , inexperienced crews who were usually the first to come to grief . |
| 22 | ‘ Sorry to haul you off , girl , ’ Mr Hollins said in a low voice , ‘ But I reckoned it would be more comfortable for everyone if I got you out afore they had to start making excuses . |
| 23 | She did n't point out that they had to go back the way they had come , and when he reached into the back and handed her a water container she drank gladly . |
| 24 | But when she had asked if they could n't warm the place up a bit with some pretty colors , Dr. Briant had said sharply that they had to avoid confusing their color appreciation tests later , and she 'd have all the color she wanted then . |
| 25 | It was on another run , we got another coach come back so they had to go out to where the one it was |
| 26 | ‘ General Francis and Corporal Wix have been hoping you 'd be back before they had to leave for London . ’ |
| 27 | John and Isabel were happy in their marriage even although they had to go into hiding occasionally , with friends or on the muirs . |
| 28 | Even if they had to take sewing lessons first it would still be less expensive and the idea of hiring a wedding dress must be unappealing to many brides . |
| 29 | The paper went on the say that such a move would at least give the people who came into the city centre greater reassurance , even if they had to pay for the privilege . |
| 30 | When I came back to England I was very humbled really to erm because I arrived in Nepal three hours before that crash and erm a lot of people had thought I 'd died in that crash and erm the patients had thought I 'd died as well and they had to put a big notice outside to say that I 'd been alright , they had lots of people ringing up . |