Example sentences of "[noun] had [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Authors had to economize in the number of illustrations they used , and readers had to get into the habit of turning a number of pages to find a relevant picture . |
| 2 | The total loss of these aircraft and crews was the bitterest blow Bomber Command had to suffer in the entire war , and it is difficult to understand why it happened . |
| 3 | Moran began to see how little Maggie had to do in the house and that she needed money for dances and clothes now . |
| 4 | The position eventually taken up by Makarenko was one where the ultimate criteria of truth and morality had to reside in the centralized state . |
| 5 | A B Ed student must , therefore , undertake an academic study as part of his/her training ( just as the certificated teacher had to do in the 1920s ) . |
| 6 | But it was this very exploitation — the fact , for example , that immigrant workers had to live in the deprived and decaying areas of big cities because of the proximity of their jobs to these areas , which led to their being regarded increasingly as undesirable . |
| 7 | The IMF had to intervene in the past and in the future it would be the European Monetary Institute . |
| 8 | Several hundred mourners had to stand in the grounds where the service , conducted by the judge 's brother , Monsignor Laurence Higgins , was relayed outside by loudspeakers . |
| 9 | And officers had to call in the fire brigade to put out the blaze . |
| 10 | The pressures for independence or at least a greater measure of autonomy that emerged in the Baltic republics were the most serious of their kind that the Soviet leadership had to confront in the early Gorbachev years . |
| 11 | Sandy had to play in the PGA Benevolent Society pro-am the next day at Sunningdale . |
| 12 | So when my father had to leave in the summer he thought fit to send me here to my lord Isambard , to keep me from under my brother 's feet until Isabel 's safely wed . |
| 13 | Industry leaders say two salmon farms had to call in the receivers last week and others will have to follow suit unless the European Union takes action . |
| 14 | Industry leaders say two salmon farms had to call in the receivers last week and others will have to follow suit unless the European Union takes action . |
| 15 | The males then returned inland , but the females had to wait in the burrows for a further two weeks while their fertilised eggs matured . |
| 16 | The position used to be quite clear and is well summed up in what Scott LJ had to say in the wartime case concerning the soap flakes : |
| 17 | Hunt had to finish in the first three to win the title . |
| 18 | Although the decision represents a much needed victory for the regulatory authorities , it is unfortunate that the appellate courts had to intervene in the first place . |
| 19 | Truman later record that at Potsdam he " saw at first hand what we and the West had to face in the future " . |
| 20 | TV 's Bill star Nula Conwell had to call in the real police when she woke up to find her home burgled . |
| 21 | There were two clues in the problem : first , that the letters had to appear in the same order , which helped you try out possible solutions ; second , the word " descend . |
| 22 | Well Charlton had to improve in the second half , and they did ; they got more men into mid-field , and United began to run out of a little bit of steam . |
| 23 | A day that had begun with the parade affirmation had to terminate in the same style . |
| 24 | He was fortunate in finding a good post — as a draughtsman of Gothic work — and in the company of congenial colleagues set about enjoying the experiences London had to offer in the 1860s . |
| 25 | The Portadown player had to work in the first couple of frames but after that he stepped up a gear and dismissed the English player almost scornfully . |