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

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1 Hence the weedkiller train could not be put into the loop and had to remain on the main line , being put right up to the buffer stop because a passenger train was due .
2 The opening ceremony , set for last May , was cancelled , and local activists had to remain on the original walls while gazing up in wonder at the spectacular treat they were being denied .
3 Like most Chinese children unfortunate enough to grow up in the Sixties , Zeng 's education was severely disrupted by the Cultural Revolution , and he had to sit through the shouting matches and brain-washing sessions just as everyone else did .
4 Self and Citrine frequently had to sit through the same item of business as it made its way through three , or in extreme cases five , formal meetings of different bodies before being finally approved .
5 The Burrows children were expected to be examples to the other youngsters in the corps , and had to sit in the front seats of any hall they attended , where Captain Burrows could keep his eagle eye on them .
6 These symptoms were present most of the time , but became much worse if Sheila drove the car , used certain aerosol sprays , or had to sit in the same room as someone wearing perfume or aftershave .
7 Its close links with the English cathedrals had to wait for the Norman reorganization , which first made possible in England an absenteeism and pluralism on the German model .
8 ‘ I had to wait for the right moment to tell Nicola .
9 Klaasen 's contention that ‘ the only integration that has gone on so far has been among the top officials ’ seemed to be borne out by the fact that we had to wait for the penultimate game of the tours to seen the first nonwhite player take the field .
10 His one break from bop conventions lay in the pacing of each set , since he favoured fast tempi almost exclusively , and we had to wait for the penultimate tune of the night to hear a ballad played at real ballad speed .
11 Weather conditions precluded this , so he had to wait for the next scheduled plane from Wick to Kirkwall .
12 So we had to wait for the next bus , which was six o'clock .
13 They no longer had to wait for the elusive Jennie to finish making a steak and kidney pudding before sanctioning an important business decision , but they had taken over in lean times and Doris began to find the strain intolerable .
14 She unhooked her cloak collar as we had to wait at the outer door of Marcus whilst two porters wheeled out an empty accident trolley .
15 But there was plenty of time , and they had to wait at the other end of the tunnel .
16 But Donald , to judge from the size of the congregation - they were three deep in the aisles and old Mr Donovan from 21b ( ‘ I fought two wars for you lot ’ ) had to wait outside the double doors — Donald was not experiencing what the French sociologist called the Lonely Death .
17 She and Oliver ran through the downpour to Cobalt 's car and then had to wait in the inadequate shelter of the wall until he arrived .
18 The sustained development of the study of the diseases of later life had to wait until the nineteenth-century .
19 To find out who was correct , we had to wait until the following morning and our debriefing with the major .
20 The English translation had to wait until the 1970s .
21 Goals in the first five minutes by Dennis Greene and Keith Scott set the Buckinghamshire side on the path to victory , but they had to wait until the 68th minute before Simon Stapleton settled the issue .
22 Women had to wait until the Second World War before invading station employment once more .
23 Although enjoying the bulk of the possession Ipswich had to wait until the 29th minute before forcing Wright to make his first save , Zondervan hitting a long-range shot which the Newcastle goalkeeper tipped over .
24 Manchester United at home to Bolton were held to a goal-less first half first forty five minutes , and they had to wait until the seventy seventh minute before taking the lead through Hughes , and United go through with a one nil win .
25 Halling had to wait until the 1939–45 war when a military bridge was erected and a road laid down and for a few years the people of Wouldham and Halling were able to move freely between the villages , which was a great asset to the people of Wouldham who used the bridge to get to work on this side of the river , but it was certainly the death knell of the ferry .
26 Dominating for most of the tie , Eppleton had to wait until the 47th minute before Neil Scott forced a way through a resolute Cleadon defence .
27 Elizabeth I , whose delicate long fingers feature so prominently in her portraits , started a fashion for lily-white skin , but we had to wait until the 1880s for the advent of polished nails in Britain .
28 With Lloyd Davies in a new attacking role , the combination took time to settle , and crowds had to wait until the 1911–12 season to see the old magic at work again .
29 But the war stopped progress and the world had to wait until the 1950s for the next major innovations in civilian flight .
30 FORMBY always looked the better side but had to wait until the 85th minute before they gained their just reward , Paul Proctor scoring .
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