Example sentences of "[adv] had [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.

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1 She only had to make it to the airlock , seal the inner door behind her and wait … .
2 I maintained a straighter course now but perpetually wanted to stop , and so had to ration myself to two minutes rest in every fifteen , and ten minutes on the hour .
3 We discovered the beautiful scenery is not the only attraction of Monte Maggiore , and when we found the Residence Elena we felt , at once , that we just had to add it to our selection .
4 Nobody ever volunteered to work with Brian , so Mr Grovey always had to force someone to , usually by threatening something terrible if they refused .
5 When we first saw the most attractive results of the restoration work effected by a young Roman couple on this old patrician residence , we felt immediately we simply had to introduce it to Citalia customers .
6 Eventually the students virtually had to drag me to their find and I was forced to gaze on this horror .
7 Scrope relied almost exclusively on George Villiers , first Duke of Buckingham [ q.v. ] , but consequently had to adapt himself to the tergiversations of the latter 's policies .
8 It was such a good idea that she could n't think anything for a moment-as if someone else had suggested it to her , and she needed to digest it .
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