Example sentences of "they had [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 But first , they had to replace the Secretary , Steward and Professional who all left in July 1920 for unconnected reasons .
2 It was n't their fault , usually , that the firm was doing badly , but they had to carry the can .
3 I mean th th th th they were on the way to military security , but were they going , they , they , they recognized they had to carry the population with them .
4 That was better for us because it 's in the next district and meant they had to do the work and not us . ’
5 They had to do the lot so they give us an invoice , we took it in to insurance and they 're gon na write a cheque , deduct it off that thing
6 They had to close the window because of the insects .
7 Of course , when one was a child many years ago winter could be an advantage , and if the storm was bad enough they had to close the school , which was wonderful .
8 Police say they had to enforce the law after 1am when the clocks went forward an hour .
9 Took him to the station and routine happened — they had to call the bridewell surgeon and the drunk could call his own doctor , fixing bail and so on .
10 They had to call the Fire Brigade , who managed to chip her free with special power tools .
11 They had to see the house — what remained of it after Brunt had finished with it .
12 A CIA man rushed out and roared at them angrily , and they had to put the fire out .
13 Some practical joker rang up : said there was a gas leak , and they had to evacuate the house . ’
14 They had to improve the productivity
15 they , they had to improve the productivity from the land and im well not productivity , just efficiency generally , and that how that it would n't have made economic sense for them to have gone straight for socialism .
16 As the door banged Peggy and her grandmother threw themselves into each other 's arms , one arm only around each other for they had to suppress the laughter that was bursting to escape in loud , hilarious guffaws … .
17 Thames Water , who built the plant , say they had to spend the money to stay within European law , money which is ultimately paid by their customers .
18 ‘ He journeyed back to his own people , with many adventures along the way ; and when he was in Merkadale he told the Myrcans that they had to stop the killing , that they were only trying to pick an apple that was already in their hands .
19 They had to tap the source of my strength and turn it against me , until it formed a carapace , a cage that held me until they were ready to pronounce punishment . ’
20 For most of us they were n't , but everyone had felt that they had to mark the day , and what else could we do ?
21 They had to defend the welfare state .
22 When last orders were called and they had to leave the pub , they went round to the fish and chip shop to see if it was open , but like the kinema , it too was closed .
23 Well it so happened that two of the aircrewmen were burnt enough , not real serious , but burned enough that they had to use the ground spare from another squadron , they could n't go on the mission .
24 Only 84 assemblymen were chosen by the people of Taiwan ; the rest last faced the voters in China itself , before they had to flee the mainland 's victorious communists in 1949 .
25 Getting it out and that was just an armchair do n't know what they 'd do if they had to move the settee , but erm , that 's the difference in
26 However , in order to show the ‘ historical ’ nature of this state of affairs they had to stress the existence of previous stages when private property was absent .
27 some reason it has n't accepted it and Brian says it 's probably cos me wages have n't gone in yet , the bank they ca n't be empty , so he 's hoping to get that by the time they took it out he 's money at the end , it 's embarrassing enough , so , he 's telling me , so they had to take the stuff off him
28 And er and that that 's They had to take the top off to make it safe , that 's why I say a couple of hours work to put the top back on , erm makes balance .
29 So they had to take the bath completely out
30 The court stated that they had to take the plaintiff as they found him .
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