Example sentences of "i had [to-vb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to lie in the darkness , still as a corpse . |
| 2 | I had to sleep in the same room as loads of them on account of we said I was his secretary . ’ |
| 3 | One queer I had to slug in the face and jump out of his car . ‘ |
| 4 | I knew I should not miss that appointment with him and I had to succeed in the match , ’ he said . |
| 5 | When I bought my first company and began to build up the business , I had to live in the city , so that I was at the centre of things . |
| 6 | But I had to go in the loft . |
| 7 | I had to go in the office every Friday night and I was only earning about two pounds seventeen and six a week and they use and Deputy Harbourmaster , Captain , he say , how much you earned this week he say , three pound , I 'm asking you four he say , well they 'd take it off you and er you 'd be paying it now , takes about six months , and he old Harbourmaster see you about the quay he said . |
| 8 | So the two of us went off to Peel and er anyway they paid us , they paid for our lunch and er and so that was alright and of course I had to go in the witness box , you see and swear on the bible , you know , the whole truth , nothing but the truth , you see . |
| 9 | I had to dive in the corner and make like a garden gnome … ’ |
| 10 | Before they gave me a bike I had to earn it , I had to work in the garden . |
| 11 | To do this , I had to look in the directory . ’ |
| 12 | I had to look in the top of his wardrobe . |
| 13 | I had to stand in the middle of this studio , the floor strewn with these bones and meat , and play guitar . |