Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [to-vb] the [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no water-borne sanitation , and every other day Tidey and I had to empty the few sanitary buckets , burying their contents in holes dug in the garden , as well as trying to keep the houses clean and collecting fruit and vegetables . |
| 2 | She was afraid to look round again , but the other housemaid was ready to carry soup bowls to the table and she had to do the same . |
| 3 | we had to make the most of it ! |
| 4 | Elizabeth Adams : ‘ I think perhaps I did not require from Somerville as much as I might here , fromJean Stanier : ‘ Somehow the fact that it was wartime put a sharper edge on things , as if we had to make the most of something that might not last ’ . |
| 5 | Although Howard did n't actually have to come face to face with Brando , they had to share the same set . |
| 6 | Whatever divided them , they had to share the same planet ; and this dictated a ‘ constructive dialogue , a search for solutions to key international problems , for areas of agreement ’ . |