Example sentences of "and had [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I got a questionable spot on the lung and had to go to the Ransom Sanatorium . |
| 2 | er s er but those occupations that worked shift and had to go round the clock had to have eight hour shifts , three shifts . |
| 3 | Hence the weedkiller train could not be put into the loop and had to remain on the main line , being put right up to the buffer stop because a passenger train was due . |
| 4 | ‘ I voted for Al Gore for Vice President and had to vote for the other fellow to get his ( Gore 's ) name , ’ Mr Clinton told a neighbour as reporters listened in . |
| 5 | One foggy night she lost her way and had to grope along the bank for some way finally realising that she had circled round and returned to the Halling side by mistake . |
| 6 | The connection time was very tight and there were some weeks when I rarely caught the 7 o'clock bus to Ferryhill and had to wait for the 7.15am bus which takes a longer route and delayed my arrival even more . |
| 7 | The Burrows children were expected to be examples to the other youngsters in the corps , and had to sit in the front seats of any hall they attended , where Captain Burrows could keep his eagle eye on them . |
| 8 | Treleaven , from Hayling , only got in as a last-minute replacement when Michael Welch , on EGU duty in Spain , crushed his thumb in a door and had to scratch from the Salver and Sunday 's Hampshire Hog at North Hants , where he should have been defending . |
| 9 | Once into the trees , they lost sight of the sun and the sky and had to rely on the compass to keep them heading in the right direction . |
| 10 | ‘ He was n't , but I told him that Sean 'n' Michael was havin' hard times and had to draw in the reins a bit . |
| 11 | Maximus tried to reconquer Rome but failed and had to call in the help of his British brothers-in-law . |
| 12 | Lake , facing Anne Simpkin , suffered the injury when 2-1 down in the second set and had to retire in the third , giving Simpkin a place in the quarter-finals with a 3-6 , 6-1 , 1-0 victory . |
| 13 | She was weak from post-operative shock , and had to lean against the wall . |
| 14 | Then it was presented with a list of terminal patients and had to skim off the 25 per cent who would be okayed for resurrection . |
| 15 | He was wearing two pairs of thermal overalls and had to struggle to the surface . |