Example sentences of "they had [prep] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To qualify they had to be at least 26 and measure 5 feet 7 inches in height . |
| 2 | Candidates could be rejected on grounds including character ; they had to be at least 45 years of age and have financial management skills . |
| 3 | Some people were forced to travel by bus because they had to be at work . |
| 4 | Even in Palestine Karlinsky had n't tried to hide it — they had to be on their guard . |
| 5 | But , if underfloor engines and transmissions were to be used , they had to be in a different league of reliability and performance from the DMUs which BR had been running since the 1950s . |
| 6 | Er well n not really because they had to be in the union . |
| 7 | ‘ They had to be like that . ’ |