Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [prep] [noun prp] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Particularly during the French wars , no merchant might be willing to take them , and then they had to remain in Newgate prison . |
| 2 | Had to go to Buckingham Palace and meeting had to be adjourned-12. sworn member of the Privy Council , and afterwards had 55 minutes with the King . |
| 3 | I had to go to Fox House , the pregnant house . |
| 4 | So many mourners turned up to say a final goodbye to nurse , Sharon Hill , that some had to stand outside Gloucester crematorium for the service . |
| 5 | I remember in my early months , often being cornered by the other choir boys after service or practice and being asked to say the collect for the week , which we always had to learn for Sunday school . |
| 6 | The problem was that we had to get to Gatwick Airport by 7.30 am for the 8.30 flight to Paris . |
| 7 | ‘ So they had to advertise in Melody Maker for a bass player , where they found Bob Brunning , but Peter made the situation clear that the gig was there until he had ‘ persuaded ’ me over . |
| 8 | The major difference between West Germany and Britain was that , thanks to Germany 's partial system of proportional representation , the CDU had to rely on FDP support , thereby giving the ‘ third party ’ a major political role and an important moderating influence . |
| 9 | What our friends did not realise was that they had to travel through Blea Moor Tunnel . |
| 10 | In January also he had to speak at Pusey House in Oxford on " The Lambeth Conference and Education " , but one student 's disappointment at his performance on this occasion suggests the strain and lack of preparedness which were forced on him during this period : " In questions Mr Eliot was most feeble and hesitant , humming and hawing much and throwing back the questions with " Is that not what I said ? " or " Does it not prove my point ? " |