Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [pron] in the " in BNC.

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1 Teri has given up going to New Year 's Eve parties after she had to lock herself in the kitchen with loads of middle aged ladies hammering on the door .
2 He tipped up her chin so she had to look him in the eyes but she pulled her face away .
3 Many of those who went and fought for the Republicans were not always clear about why they were there , except that they felt a revulsion against fascism and a general feeling that they had to do something in the face of the frustrations of the 1930s .
4 I do n't think I had ever watched the dawn break until my Waaf days — certainly I had never stayed up all night before , and however many times I had to do it in the course of my duties , it always seemed to me a highly unnatural procedure .
5 ‘ Our children had to do it in the Cultural Revolutiion ten years later .
6 I had to put one in the microwave
7 When you used anything , you had to put it in the Book .
8 And you had to put it in the letter box , you dare n't leave it in the in the .
9 Started to make some biscuits and then read the recipe afterwards and she had to put it in the fridge for twenty four hours in the , the pastry in the fridge so they could n't make the biscuits , there I 'm sitting here expecting erm , a biscuit and nothing came , dear , it was n't one of those recipes that you could make it straight away was it ?
10 And then they decide , found out they had to put it in the fridge for twenty four hours , so there was I sitting there expecting a biscuit , I did n't get one .
11 ‘ I had to keep you in the dark .
12 Well , you had to flash it in the doorway , and they 'd see it in any case .
13 At one stage Eric , our Chief engineer , had to batten himself in the engine room with the deck air intakes closed as the engines were getting rimed with salt spray .
14 but I never had anything , I just went from one to the another , and I had to take it in the hall one day and I was n't , I was never very good at maths anyway , not that kind of maths .
15 And then we had to tell her in the end !
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