Example sentences of "[adj] had [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the Phocaeans had been stoned to death by the Etruscans of Caere , traditional philhellenes ; some had to move to Elea in southern Italy . |
| 2 | So many mourners turned up to say a final goodbye to nurse , Sharon Hill , that some had to stand outside Gloucester crematorium for the service . |
| 3 | Some had to learn by trial and error . |
| 4 | Several other people were also staying in the house , and they all had to listen to Leonard talking about the mysteries of the unseen world . |
| 5 | After we left the police station we all had to go to hospital ; we were off work for weeks . |
| 6 | And it came home to me that you know we all had to come to terms in some way with erm with what it was all about and the kids and you know and it became something of a I mean i it was the experience that we went through you know it was i it was you know something that we 'll always remember I think because it 'll always make Christmas different I think for us in a way you know but it And when they came up from South Wales with car loads and van loads and I mean we all just sobbed you know I mean there was nothing to do really you know it was just and I think anyway that was Christmas , but I mean er . |
| 7 | A recent police swoop in and around Durban brought 45 arrests and 15 had to appear in court for failing to dismantle their homes according to the deadline . |
| 8 | But the critics as usual had to bow to America 's immediate need of Britain as a Cold War ally . |
| 9 | You did n't have to tell Claire , Annabel or me about Nanny 's cold hands ; we had suffered from them most of our lives , but what that had to do with pastry was what Father described as a ‘ female mystery ’ . |