Example sentences of "[adv] had [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I naturally had to bear in mind the possibility that the jewel had not been stolen at all by any outside party , but ‘ caused to disappear ’ , let us say , by the Strattons themselves . |
| 2 | However , due to insufficient financing , we not only had to ask for benefits , but also can not take on ourselves new obligations , as was done by the rest of the participants in the protocol . " |
| 3 | In New York they were called an hour before the show opened , and once they had done their face make-up , they only had to put on tights rather than spend a long time carefully using wet white , which gave them longer to gossip . |
| 4 | Then one day , before breakfast , I found her in the sitting room , and no longer had to rely on hearsay . |
| 5 | The strategic significance of Calais was obvious , and its possession would mean that Edward no longer had to rely on Flanders as a bridgehead for invasion . |
| 6 | ‘ How ? ’ she just had to ask for clarification . |
| 7 | She had become obsessed with Eliot and his work at the age of fourteen , after she had heard a recording of " The Journey of the Magi " : " It was extraordinary , " she said later , " that I felt I just had to get to Tom , to work with him . " |
| 8 | It 's not often that I can say a piece of equipment is inspiring , but reviewing the A2 actually got me coming up with some ideas that I just had to get on tape . |
| 9 | I just had to stay at home for a bit . |
| 10 | She was no giver-in , but sometimes she got very high temperatures and just had to stay in bed . |
| 11 | In the smaller places , there fore , they generally had to deal with people with the same background as themselves ; they knew their customers and their family and friends . |
| 12 | She somehow had to fumble for words to keep up her own façade of blithe sophistication . |
| 13 | You knew with being pregnant , if you were sick or anything , you still had to go to classes . |
| 14 | The scheme , which still had to go before parliament , had the backing of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . |
| 15 | The scheme , which still had to go before parliament , had the backing of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development . |
| 16 | I was pleased about that because I still had to contend with Skipper when I went to Uncle Geordie 's . |
| 17 | ‘ I still had to get to New York where my plane was due to leave in about two hours . ’ |
| 18 | In short , a European parliament still had to come into existence . |
| 19 | Coal and flour supplies still had to come by cart , the flour deliveries to Cheltenham being transported by a three horse team and covered wagon . |
| 20 | ever had to listen to Barry Manilow ? |
| 21 | She had a lovely sweet voice , and always had to sing without piano accompaniment , for she alone knew the songs . |
| 22 | I remember in my early months , often being cornered by the other choir boys after service or practice and being asked to say the collect for the week , which we always had to learn for Sunday school . |
| 23 | Stanley also had to cope with epilepsy , a fairly common complication following a stroke . |
| 24 | I still found the argument extraordinary , but I also had to take into account the fact that if Nigel retained this stance then the committee meeting would have to be postponed and the whole exercise would get off to a terrible start . |
| 25 | She also had to bow to pressure from colleagues and permit Cabinet discussion of economic strategy in 1982 and to abandon Cabinet discussion in September 1982 of the paper from the Central Policy Review staff about the implications of the rising trend of public expenditure and its proposals for curbing welfare spending ( see above p. 213 ) . |
| 26 | In addition to preparing their accounts in accordance with the technical requirements relevant to their status under the Companies Acts and Statements of Standard Accounting Practice , this year 's entrants also had to contend with SORP 2 , Accounting by Charities . |
| 27 | The move to the capital was a great upheaval for the Manchester girls , for not only did they now have to rehearse in Sin City as they called it , but they also had to work with Londoners . |
| 28 | Sarah also had to adjust to Rob 's new role and admits she had to change her approach from being the ‘ bossy older sister ’ to treating Rob as an equal . |
| 29 | It was common knowledge that one really had to live with people before one knew them properly . |
| 30 | Men with malaria now had to go on patrol . |