Example sentences of "[adv] had [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only had to hold the end of the string , while my friend went round the circle , so I thought I 'd have a rest , and so … |
| 2 | The Variety Club 's Chief Barker , Marsha Ratcliff , said : ‘ You only had to see the expressions on the competitors ’ faces to see how much they were enjoying themselves . ’ |
| 3 | Jesus only had to say the word and he knew that the servant would be healed ( Luke 7:7 ) . |
| 4 | We only had to watch the ladies final at Telford at the end of last year to see how bad our tennis has become . |
| 5 | The men only had to scrape the ship and careen her , recaulk her seams and overhaul her rigging in readiness for the voyage home to market . |
| 6 | The tone controls really are sensitive and , being used to the somewhat reluctant EQ on my own amplifier , I found that I only had to move the X-Amp 's a few degrees before the sound began to change radically . |
| 7 | Dr El-Essawy , of the more moderate Muslims , said Mr Rushdie only had to withdraw the book and Muslims would give up their campaign . |
| 8 | He only had to remember the day after Dobson 's resignation . |
| 9 | You only had to compare the opening version of Zobi la Mouche ( lumpy drums and shuddering halts ) with the neatly turned performance eventually wheeled out as an encore , to realise how this is a machine which runs the better for being well-oiled . |
| 10 | The extension of the franchise to all adults created a situation in which political parties had to compete for the mass vote and so had to organise the electorate to support their candidates at the polls . |
| 11 | Concerning costs , it has been reported in the financial press that FIMBRA merely had to take the word of Dunsdale that it was investing in gilts , as the SRO had too few staff to adequately deal with each individual firm . |
| 12 | She merely had to change the venue slightly . |
| 13 | Luckily they hit on a nice policewoman who more or less had to throw the teacher out , she was so insistent and heavy . |
| 14 | Erm , he finally had to shut the adult school , not because the prisoners were n't interested in in attending any more , but because the prison officers and the governor were n't able to provide the man-power to cover the existence of that class . |
| 15 | In 1624 the Company , fantastically charged with depopulating England by encouraging emigration to America , finally had to acknowledge the loss of its Charter and hand over all its papers to the Privy Council . |
| 16 | At the height of the heatwave , with Hurley in Washington , Coleman finally had to notify the embassy that he was closing down the listening post and moving into the hotel across the street to save the equipment as well as the family from overheating . |
| 17 | BNFL press officer who was at Dover for the arrival of a NTL flask of spent fuel on its way to Sellafield , said : ‘ Greenpeace were at Dover for two days and finally had to admit the sand was harmless . |
| 18 | The consequence was that the company no longer had to accept the market price for its products but could affect that price by varying the output of the product . |
| 19 | all mothers are sacred but I just had to put the boot in on her , I 'm afraid , I said stuff ! |
| 20 | When Jim Courier and Andre Agassi roomed together at Nick Bolletieri 's tennis academy in Florida , one of them just had to leave the door ajar . |
| 21 | So many of that team got well over 10 years service that they just had to join the queue . |
| 22 | Whenever a new manager was brought in to take charge of them , they refused to co-operate : in the end we just had to take the porters on . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I just had to turn the telly over . |
| 24 | and the skin you just had to press the skin and , and the oh it was all , you know you could just |
| 25 | Was there ever any time when you just had to accept the fact that the hay would have to be carried in wet ? |
| 26 | He just had to get the Shah 's butt outta there . " |
| 27 | Well , after Marks advert for Clubcall I decided I just had to hijack the fax machines telephone line and call it up . |
| 28 | ‘ Selene , take Buffy , ’ said Dinah , and handed the lead to her sister , who perforce had to abandon the shelter of the muff . |
| 29 | They soon had to leave the School Cottage where they had lived , but they were granted a payment of £5 for " the bath and fittings " left in the cottage , which was quickly rented out to provide a valuable £35 a year of extra income . |
| 30 | Despite the negotiations at Akkerman , Nicholas soon had to fight the Turks . |