Example sentences of "had [to-vb] [prep] her [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At RINGSTEAD , Northants , Lynda Wyatt had to clamber on her car roof with seven-month-old baby Luke and son David , three . |
| 2 | They would have married sooner but had to wait for her divorce ; Pamela Chrimes told me that it took some time to obtain the evidence of adultery which was then necessary . |
| 3 | We had examples of parents trusting schools to the extent of giving truthful rather than cosmetic reason for absence ( ‘ Susan had to go with her granny to collect her pension ’ ) — but keeping the children off nonetheless . |
| 4 | ‘ I had to go to her house . ’ |
| 5 | And once she 'd had the her arms in the dough , I had to stand by her side just to feed a drop of water gently . |
| 6 | The french windows were damp and warped in their frames , and she had to heave with her shoulder against the door to get one open . |
| 7 | When Miss Harder had to do without her assistant , Lore helped out : |
| 8 | There were other things she had to do in her life , things forces beyond the reach of her mind deemed important . |
| 9 | It was probably the only thing she had to put on her back and he had ruined it . |
| 10 | For example , if he had to smoke in her flat , he could at least have the decency to empty the ashtray . |
| 11 | There was nothing at all in his touch but kindness and efficiency but she had to bite into her lip to stifle the urge to stroke the dark head that bent close to her and his hands on her skin sent melting sensations through her that utterly drowned out any slight pain from the sharp stones . |
| 12 | She was also the price her mother had to pay for her freedom . ’ |
| 13 | Emma Thompson ( below ) is so busy these days , she had to stay in her panto costume to marry Kenneth Branagh |
| 14 | For laughing and singing at a funeral her husband gave her a reproving tap , and she had to return to her home in the lake . |
| 15 | This is what Josie had to say about her experience of the Alexander Technique : |
| 16 | Another older woman , who had lived alone with her mother since her father died , recalled the satisfaction of coming home to someone with all the time in the world to listen to what she had to tell about her day in the office or an evening at choir practice . |