Example sentences of "[pers pn] had [to-vb] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | It was with deep regret that I had to leave for home later that evening . |
2 | I had to go for consumption . |
3 | Just a few miles North of Annesley the engine failed on the Tibshelf bank , so I had to go for assistance . |
4 | The company chief , who also has a £1 million manor house at Seend , Wilts , took the microphone to say : ‘ I had to file for bankruptcy yesterday . |
5 | We shall just have to pretend it 's not there , there 's not , there 's not quite as bad as when I had to speak for Amnesty on Radio Essex last year and it was live , as every word , every word I spoke was being you know being heard by a lot of people and that 's , that was very , that was very intimidating . |
6 | I had to apply for access — access to my own daughter who I 'd lived with all her life . |
7 | You had to leave for work at 8.25 . |
8 | And even then er you had to ask for permission to stay out till ten . |
9 | So i it was n't a very easy thing then to get them and as I say you 'd be preparing a fare increase which , perhaps a ha'penny on certain fares and a penny on fares above a certain range and you had to allow for depreciation , or resistance in the public travelling but er as long as you could always bring in a little extra from a fare increase it was worthwhile going forward . |
10 | ‘ Well , thank goodness you had to stop for breath . |
11 | Until recently , diesel cars were slow and very noisy , the theory being that this was the price you had to pay for economy . |
12 | So , sadly , we had to leave for Siren last November . |
13 | Well a very close fought encounter at the stadium ; we had to wait for quarter of an hour for the first actual goal chance when Dave Bristow hit the ball from twenty five yards , which just cleared the bar . |
14 | As we were leaving the theatre , we had to wait for Dad to shake hands in the foyer with some dignitaries . |
15 | Oh no We had to look for work . |
16 | So we paid that because they wanted and then we had to pay for stock . |
17 | WIMBLEDON 'S Crazy Gang are returning to Plough Lane , the happy hunting ground they had to leave for safety reasons two years ago . |
18 | The main weakness of the programme was that schooling could hardly be called accessible when those who were supposed to benefit from it had to pay for tuition . |
19 | He said it was a preparation he had to take for diabetes . |
20 | He had five victories in 1986 , another six in 1987 , though in each season he had to settle for runner-up place in the Championship . |
21 | He 's actually back at the working class Blackburn Rovers he managed before that , where he had to scrape for money and look for bargains . |