Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [prep] [art] few " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chinese do n't like their planes to fly unless the weather is absolutely O.K. So we had to wait for a few hours for the plane to arrive from Shanghai . |
| 2 | The water was deep in the middle , so I had to swim for a few metres . |
| 3 | Here the footpath ended so we had to walk for a few hundred yards along a stretch of country road . |
| 4 | Since Freemantle had to walk within a few yards of Leapor 's door whenever she approached Brackley from Hinton , it is perhaps odd that they had not met at least in passing . |
| 5 | Next morning , after a 9.15 breakfast , he discussed with Jones his ideas for a speech he had to make in a few weeks ' time at a Literary Fund dinner . |