Example sentences of "had [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times the police car had had to go at over 100 mph . |
| 2 | Now she feels she is ‘ no more nervous than any other nervous person , but I 've had to work at feeling safe again . |
| 3 | So far I have been lucky in that I have never had to work at getting the next job but there may be a point when I look up and there is no opportunity around the corner . ’ |
| 4 | They 'd have had to come at you . ’ |
| 5 | Without his Histories in Four Books we should know virtually nothing of what happened in the months following Louis the Pious 's death , and , more importantly , we should have had to guess at the motivations of those involved . |
| 6 | He knew nothing , nothing , of what Sally-Anne had had to suffer at the hands of one of the monsters who controlled … what were his weaselling words ? … the mechanism . |
| 7 | Yet , if such all-male groups were to reproduce themselves as hunting groups and gain the immense adaptive advantages that situation bestowed , they would have had to institute at least one , and probably several , hunts against members of their own species — the primal fathers who , of course , monopolized all the females . |
| 8 | ‘ We still trade from there , but in order to thrive we have had to look at better ways of selling . ’ |
| 9 | As part of a reassessment of its priorities , SERC has had to look at the balance of its forward planning , in particular to ensure that the funding of grants can recover from necessary short-term stringencies . |
| 10 | After playing it I came to the conclusion that it was one of the biggest pile of dog 's droppings I have had to look at while researching this feature . |
| 11 | In that context I have had to look at the definition of a specific issue order which is contained in section 8(1) of the Act and I know , from talking to those who have been concerned with this Act and are familiar with it , that they have no doubt at all as to what that definition means . |
| 12 | What we have had to look at was how to adjust the decline . |
| 13 | Duroc had had to smile at that . |
| 14 | And of course the woman was n't really one of theirs , just some distant freelance , and the back-up with her was some nutty amateur they 'd had to use at the last moment — |
| 15 | ‘ If he did he 'd have had to park at the back of St Manicus house since they 've banned parking in the precinct now . |
| 16 | But trade has been so bad that organisers have had to shed at least half their shop staff . |
| 17 | If you have not worked regularly at some time since 1978 because you have had to stay at home to care for either a child or a sick or elderly person you may have protected your right to a pension by claiming HRP . |
| 18 | Men and women whether single or married who have been unable to work regularly because they have had to stay at home to care for children and/o-r a disabled or elderly person may be able to safeguard their pension by claiming Home Responsibilities Protection . |
| 19 | Since opening the new account I have had to make at least six unnecessary visits to the bank because the system was not working properly , thus wasting your time and mine . |
| 20 | we 've come , we 've had to make at previous meetings , Chairman , about the er , about the fall off we 've had in demand for the small units there now . |